- a piece of a man
You say you always take care of me
Yet here I am alone
I know now that all I have is me
When u leave my tears dry on their own
Who else is gonna be scared for me
these nights when I don't think I'll make it
Who is gonna be my therapy
When i realize I can no longer fake it
As I pretend to be okay
And you just never know
how much it burns me everyday
to have to watch you go
I know we shouldn't do this
Knowing that we're on borrowed time
why put myself through it
When you are not mine
And although I know
You come back every time
you don't see the end result
you're not there when I cry
And you come as you please
and you go just the same
there are limits, it's a tease
When you come but don't stay
When I look in your eyes
It it not like before
your confidence has run dry
you look troubled more & more
Yet you smile and pretend
to have It all planned out
and my emotions depend
on the cards you hand out
And I take what I can
although im not given much
but a piece of a man
And an occasional touch
So should I take what im given?
or walk away from what's left
before im broken and pain is vivid
Or should this secret still be kept
Because what I have found
is that you seem to want credit
for the times you're around
As if my pain is not authentic
As if those moments last forever
and live with me everyday
as if each time I miss you
I'll relive that one day…
That one moment won't last
Won't get me through lonely nights
I can not hold on to the past
So tell me how can it satisfy
This is what you do to me
yet I allow it so im to blame
Because at the time it seems worth it
And then you leave and I feel the same
This is like the hardest thing 2 do
i keep trying to let you go
Can't bring myself to hate you
I go through this but you don't know
You say you always take care of me
Yet here I am alone
I know now that all I have is me
When u leave my tears dry on their own
I've become so scared for me
these nights I don't think I'll make it
I have to be my own therapy
Because I have realized I can no longer fake it
How can it hurt so bad
for such a length of time
how can i fear losing you
when u were never mine?
You come around like your curious
in search of a good time
but my feelings are more serious
& continue to haunt my mind
The smiles, the frowns, the ups & downs
i'll never understand
why i put myself through so much
all for a piece of a man
<3 Sharice
