Hidden Behind Broken Lyrics

I've been counting sheep for hours
In the crawlspace in the hall
Past the room we fell asleep in
Just a couple days too long:..

And in between it all,
I see your subtle rib cage rise and fall,
A breath of air escapes your lips,
A whispered word, A mid-dream call,

You had to
Call me out to sing a song
I sang to you tonight,
So I hide behind another set
By braver men than I

I simply hide behind those songs
By braver men than I,
Those verses that you fall for
Full of words I'll never write,
Stumbling over, Hard to grasp,
Hard to feel and harder still to sing to you,
I could be wrong, It could be something else,
But when you search my eyes,
You're reading lyrics off my lips,
By braver men than I.

You sing of justice and of
Screaming in the rain,
Invoking storms and malediction all
To stop this perfect pain,

And yet I still sing loud and desperate
Trying just to find the words
A subtle melody to choke out once
And never have it heard,

For all it's worth this song's a mortar shell
That's launching to the sky,
Illuminating shadows cast
By braver men than I