I Held Her In My Arms - Violent Femmes

I'm gnawing on the knowledge that I have been burnt,

And I'm learning things that I should've already learnt.

Everyone I ever knew was so kind and coy...

I was with a girl, but it felt like I was with a boy.

I can't even remember if we were lovers, or if I just wanted to...

But I held her in my arms, I held her in my arms,

I held her in my arms but it wasn't you.

I will not kill the one thing I love -- in this world of wreckage, I look above.

Help me, Lord -- Help me understand what it means to be a boy and what it means to be a man.

I can't even remember if we were lovers, or if I just wanted to...

But I held her in my arms, I held her in my arms,

I held her in my arms but it wasn't you.