Give it away to keep it
Don't need a reason
Generous and selfish
Charitable treason
Mined it from the source
Runnin' through my heart
Lord, it's runnin' through my brain
Love don't tear it apart
I need you to want it
I want you to need it
This narcissistic fire for you
I need you to feed it
Your validation means too much to me
I feel I cannot love without it
You give it then you lose it
I think too much about it
I know there's a closet in your room
Filled with unwanted memories
Piled so high but still some room
For more unwanted pieces of me
If I had any pride I'd raid that room
Plunder it and take what was mine
Maybe give it to someone else
Everything I can find
For I cannot keep it for myself
What once I never owned
The sentiments have gone their seperate ways
From forgiveness unatoned
This addictive need to share
Has drained me of reasons
To find anything worth sharing
In this uncharitable season
Jan 19, 2012
Jan 19, 2012 at 9:55 AM UTC
Give it away to keep it
Don't need a reason
Generous and selfish
Charitable treason
Mined it from the source
Runnin' through my heart
Lord, it's runnin' through my brain
Love don't tear it apart
I need you to want it
I want you to need it
This narcissistic fire for you
I need you to feed it
Your validation means too much to me
I feel I cannot love without it
You give it then you lose it
I think too much about it
I know there's a closet in your room
Filled with unwanted memories
Piled so high but still some room
For more unwanted pieces of me
If I had any pride I'd raid that room
Plunder it and take what was mine
Maybe give it to someone else
Everything I can find
For I cannot keep it for myself
What once I never owned
The sentiments have gone their seperate ways
From forgiveness unatoned
This addictive need to share
Has drained me of reasons
To find anything worth sharing
In this uncharitable season
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