You said you wanted to talk
You said you wanted to know
And I said I wanted to rip my heart out
Before it could ever grow

I said I wanted to end
After all of the times before
I said I wanted to be the one
To walk through death’s door

You said you understood
You said you’ve felt that too
That aching feeling that won’t go away
No matter how much you want it to

You said the word “but”
And I said I knew it was coming
You said that ache goes away
Simply with sweet harmonic humming

I said that can’t be true
Even if I’d like to believe
I knew better than anyone
To prolong life, most tend to deceive

You said you’d cure me now
You started to make musical sound
I felt the world softly melt away
And somehow I knew I wanted to stay

I say I sometimes wish
That you told me all these things
Still I say “you won’t know”
I long since severed my own wings
© Alis