I only say these things to you while you’re sleeping.
I hear the hum from the wires and the sounds of the morning creep in.
I lie awake and pretend you can hear me.
You tell me that you’re scared that you're turning into your mother,
I feel myself turn into my father.
We could lie to eachother like they do and say we’re so happy
It’s easy when you’re young and you know still want it so badly.
And I feel my heart pounding.
And I think I might scream.
I can tell you that you’re all I ever wanted, dear
And I can utter every word you've ever hoped to hear,
I shudder when I think that I might not be here forever, forever, forever.
Oh the night you whispered like a ghost
And you looked so shaken
You're so quiet and small and you tell me you want to be taken.
I just never think of you as the kind of girl who would say that.
You suddenly look like some faceless thing in my grasp.
And your eyes so wide,
Your face aglow,
It's the face of someone I don't know.
I can tell you that you’re all I ever wanted, dear
And I can utter every word you've ever hoped to hear,
I shudder when I think that I might not be here forever, forever, forever.
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And all I can think is it must be a kind of rebellion.
To arm your fears like soldiers and slay them.
I can tell you that you’re all I ever wanted, dear
Through the din, while you're breathing, while you’re sleeping here.
You wake and ask me if I'm gonna be here forever, forever, forever.
Your face so twisted and your eyes alight.
I can tell you I can change it when you cry at night
But I’d be lying.
Love is defying.