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Cease To Begin

I’m holding you, in my arms

But I cannot see me in your eyes.

They’re looking down, to the ground

And all the world away from me.

 

You take a step, two steps back

You lie, with your back to me.

You’re taking kisses and giving none,

Why do you steal away from me?

 

Friends and foe, show their face

When ex-lovers knock on your door.

All the while, inside your home

I’m trapped in your life ‘way from mine.

 

Afraid to ask, I need to say

All this heavy fear, its anchored deep.

You may tell me all, please make it quick.

My heart bleeds from beneath my knees.

 

Drowning us, day by day

This cancer on my mind is growing deep.

But I never wanted to give up on you

Even when you began to stray.

 

I’m screaming,

And cursing.

Angry,

And helpless.

Then quiet,

And sobbing.

Finding goodbye, before hello.

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Written by
robert-kirwan
Irish
Published
Jun 25, 2010
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Loosely based on "Epilogue" by The Antlers

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