Give Me Time to Die

there is nothing i can do to get you to stay

no words i can speak to control your mind

i was once scared of your love

not for how you did it

or the words you promised me

but the way my heart began to beat in time with yours

the way they intertwined

the way it stopped being mine

i lost all power the day i fell for you

you caught me in the landing

and i haven’t stood on my own since

you may leave whenever you please

you owe me no warning

you owe me no reason 

you are obligated to give nothing to me 

i never saw you as cold

but what if i’m wrong

what if the heart that warmed mine is ice underneath

“i love you more” 

perhaps it’s true

perhaps i do

perhaps the foolish one was me not you

perhaps you’ll break my heart

perhaps it’ll never repair 

perhaps you wouldn’t care

perhaps you would and still take the dare

in a game of she or i

i dare not play

because i know who you’d chose

and the ending would leave flowers growing on my grave in may

i said i would never leave 

and i meant those words

but now it’s not easy

now it’s quite hard

and i can no longer read the stars 

you say that you love me 

i’ve believed you all along

but perhaps your love isn’t strong enough

perhaps it is but i no longer belong

perhaps our intertwined line was severed 

perhaps it’s just fine

but there’s no way for me to read your mind

i fear that you’ll hurt me

a fear i never had 

for i never knew i needed you so bad

there’s nothing i can do to get you to stay 

no words i can speak to change your mind

but i hope you’ll show me mercy 

and before you choose to break my heart

give me time to die