Fishing for spears

Oh when you called I could smell the perfume
Of the jasmine tree in the garden of you house
In a distant town, I could hear the echoes of our childhood
Such serious battles we have just managed to avoid
They've become like fangless snakes
You wasted years in the arms of your chair
Then you tricked the snare

You just wanted to find

Children unarmed will betray secrets
The cannot know there are questions
Which should never be asked
Diaries are opened, confidence broken
You grew up too fast for your own good
And we couldn't keep up
And I just wanted to get out
Talk to them as equals, too many people
Were fishing for spears, fishing for spears
Whising to hear, wishing to hear

They just wanted to know

All the flaws and bad habits fade
They're glorified in their middle age
And you needed to get off your head
To be sure that the truth would be said
And I'm more inclined to believe you know
That you prince of puzzles has taken a bow
These pearls of blame will serve to entertain

I just wanted to find