Ash

You said everything I couldn't bear to say myself A wrenching pain, the likes of which you'd never felt I'll say a thousand more times that I understand I guess I'm too kind to admit It's due to your own hand Truthfully, my darling, I love you more than the air I never wished you'd bleed for what you did But now you're black and blue And back on my arm, is it fair That I still feel it'd be unkind to cry? Honestly, my dear, the truth is more than you can take right now I'll keep quiet for another lifetime for you I'm not sure you realize I'm right back where we started With your head on my chest, my love My love I was just beginning to let go when you had called Crying in a way I'd never heard you Shattered, like I've been Since I first found you in the dark Why is it so shameful to confess? Honestly, my dear, I don't know what else I can say right now But I'll stay next to you until you lock me out again I've fought to make myself more than a warm body to you But I guess I might never know, my love My love Tell me what a soul can say To herself, babe When she gives you her world And you give it away? Tell me, why is empathy so cruel To the empath When you give a viper your love And it bites you back? I had warned you it was poison Every tear that I cried Begging sun and sky Not to lose my mind I can't say it to your face Or even straight up in a song If I were anyone else I would be long gone Oh Honestly, my love, I'd burn my world down If it kept you warm But you would see the flames and choose the cold And when you walked into my ash And looked me in the eye I know I know I still wouldn't cry