I told you that I'd always love you
In the last text that I sent
That I was grateful and I hide
All the ways I circumvent

So you would think I've got less poison
Than my memories of you
It's so unfair I held you close
And now you're all I want to lose

Running through my veins
Running through my veins
I'll always love you, darling
I hope you feel this all the same

I'll cause all the breaths you bate
Every time you hear my name
I'll always love you, but...
I hope you suffer all the same

Hide your frail pretenses
In the curves of every arc
You think that I don't know
Why you only touch me in the dark

And flinch away when I reach out
As the sun begins to rise
You stiffen up, you've given up
On looking in the light

I stood beside you like an omen
Always one step behind
I thought if you turned, you'd catch it
The glint inside my eye

A silent glance in my direction
My finger to my lips
Beckons every thrumming heartbeat
To cater to the trip

I said, "I know what it looks like
When the world all crumbles down"
I thought maybe you'd seen it
The worry in my brow

Happiness hides the fear
So well that you might miss
I laughed, "I know what it looks like–
It's an awful lot like this."