her skin was dark and leathery , worn in by the dust . neither did i hear from him again . when he went to his knees , it seemed a planned move , though it visibly cost him quite a bit of effort . her father scooped her up in his arms and carried her away from the one man she 'd promised never to leave . since my brothers wanted to cut a new album , most of my free time was spent working on material with them . `` do you think there 's something wrong with his brain ? '' 