The guarded ones
The often broken-hearted ones
Have turned into the smarter ones
The stand out in the crowd type ones…

He used to look for signs in life, read green lights to mean go
But those signals caused accidents, now caution’s what they show

She wears emotions on her sleeve and hates that others see this
So now she’s changed her heart and wardrobe, and she’s going sleeveless

He used to be an open book, was giving of himself
But he got hurt too many times, so now he’s on the shelf

She’s clumsy in relationships, had one too many falls
But now she is protected, she surrounds herself with walls

With women he moved way too fast, he never got to know her
Just like the tortoise won the race, in love he now moves slower

She used to go out on a limb when searching for her lover
And cause she snapped too many branches, now she’s a tree hugger

His trust was often given freely, heart was always open
But now commitment costs a price, because that trust was broken

… So if the guarded cross your path
Just take your time to make it last
Cause if you choose to move too fast
You’ll be a member of their past