I can only say these things to you while you’re sleeping. I hear the hum from the wires, the sounds of the morning creeping. I lie awake and pretend you can hear me.
You tell me that you’re scared that you’re turning into your mother. I feel myself turning into my father. We could lie to each other like they do and say we’re so happy. It’s easy when you’re young and you still want it so badly.
I turn over again and I feel my heart beating faster And I stare out the window and I think that I might scream
I can tell you that you’re all I’ve ever wanted, Dear. I can utter every word you’ve ever hoped to hear. I shudder when I think that I might not be here forever, forever, forever.
And the time we were alone at the station And you were so quiet like a child and you told me you want to be taken I never thought you’d be the kind of girl who would do that And you suddenly seem like some faceless thing in my grasp I’d be lying if I said that I didn’t find it exciting Your eyes all wet and your face so warm and inviting
I can tell that you’re all I’ve ever wanted, Dear. I can utter every word you’ve ever hoped to hear. I shudder when I think I might not be here forever, forever, forever.
I’d tell you that I’d always love you like the virgin bride you were that night But I’d be lying Love is defying
And all I can think is that it must be a kind of rebellion -- to arm your fears like soldiers and slay them.
I can tell you that you’re all I ever wanted, Dear, through the dim of your breathing while you’re sleeping here, you wake and you ask me if I’m going to be here forever, forever, forever. Your face so twisted and your eyes alight, I want to tell you I can save you when you cry at night, but I'll be lying.