"If Only" lyrics

How am I to know if you won't face it?
You tie it with a bow and call it patience
It kinda feels like cowardice to me
You once said that a coward's the worst thing a man can be

You'd love me under all the right conditions
A pretty way to package indecision
Don't keep me on your leash just to cut me loose
Don't pretend that it's out of your hands when you know the truth

Saying, "if only"
If only

I had you for a spring and half a summer
I have you still in some ways, not in others
Suspended in the air like an acrobat
Don't keep me on your hook just to toss me back

Purple sky when it all came down
Yellow light and a siren sound
You say it soft, like a secret
Like you know that it's a cop-out

If only
If only
If only

If only you could show me that you want this
If only you could bear to let me go
You tell me I'm the one who keeps you honest
If only I could keep you close

You'd rather give a poem than a promise
I'd rather have a promise than a poem

If only
If only
If only