I knew From the moment we met That you were going to ruin my life And I was going to let you
I knew When you picked me up Your arms wrapped around my body With the intention of holding That you were going to drop me More than once And I was going to let it happen
See the thing is You could break both of my legs Shatter my bones Into a million pieces And I would still find a way To come crawling back to you
Knees bloodied, Hands torn from the pulling I’ve never been one For giving up easily
You could effortlessly Take my heart and crack it open Drink its contents Throw the rest away And I would still somehow attempt To give you the remains
Call me selfless But I am used to giving parts of myself And receiving nothing in return
You could tie my tongue My lips, my teeth Split them into surrender Into a foreign language And I would still manage To cough up your name
I have never learned release Or let go I only know stay You could leave One hundred times And I would still wait for your return With patience
Because kissing without permanence Is like loving without memory There is no purpose If there is nothing to come back to No reason in attempt If it is bound to be forsaken
You had no intention Of staying This was something I knew From the moment we met
That you were going to leave And I was going to let you.