Stay

Number three

In reality, you cannot write about the situation without recalling the emotions it provoked

Unfortunately, the painful ones reconstitute themselves the most firmly

Brutally beating all the endless conversations and comfortable silence (I lightly kiss you on your lips)

(Seldom, but with intention)

The shame and pain do not erase the beauty entirely

But the beauty stays clear of whatever emotions find their way onto the page

What remains is what bludgeoned you, confused you

Shamed you and emasculated you

(I'm in an exclusive, romantic relationship)

Number four

I've grown tired

Dry and tired

While I wait here on a son

Or a daughter

Or a life

Or just one reason to go on

But with who?

When and how?

Will my vanity take shape?

Or is it too late?

Is it too late?

Running in place, I'll lose this short race

On the back of a sadness I've had

I tire of this pace and cannot erase

The memory of loves that you've had

I hope in this case, I won't about face

And regress to a lust in our past

In our past

In our past

In our past

In our past

Don't go, don't go

Stay

Don't go, don't go

Stay

Don't go, don't go

Stay

Don't go, don't go

I won't fight, won't bat an eye

As long as I have one freedom

(One, one, one, one)

All the rest, they are just tests

To see if I will succumb to temptation (Temptation)

The present is brief (Brief)

The past too long (Long)

And the future's already gone

With no children

Yes, no children

And my bitterness is all that's left

So I'm stuck with us and what you meant to me

When we locked eyes for the first time

I never imagined all this

Your promiscuity confuses me

And I judge you for all of it

Odd enough, it's a fact that although not as bad

I found myself in the same shit

Of course, my arrogance blinds me of this

So I stand on my soapbox and gaze at your sins

Hoping they will disappear

Hoping I will not care

Hoping they will disappear

Hoping I won't care

Don't go, don't go

Stay

Don't go, don't go

Stay

Don't go, don't go

Stay

Don't go, don't go