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Nothing Scares Me More


You give me

Too much of you

Nothing I say

Or do

WIll save us

When this ship

Goes under 

I'm swimming

Best I can

Treading only gets you so far

But I'm only human

And I'm sinking 

And you can't hear me

When you walk away

You can't hear me say

I love you

But I'm not any good for you

 

You're good

The best I know

The best I've ever had

It kills me

To leave you

But can't you see

Can you feel this

This fear in me

Swelling

I can't take it

When you look at me like that

With those eyes

I love you

You know I do

But when we're older

You'll get it

When I said

Nothing is ever that easy

And love

Isn't free

And always comes with a price

A cost

Too high to pay

 

I don't mean

To hurt you

I hate seeing the pain

In your eyes

Your hand

Reaching out for me

Will forever haunt my dreams

But you don't hear it

The screams

The pain

If you knew

I'd tell you

If I knew how to

But nothing scares me more

Then you

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