Close To The Knives

Verse 1
You're drifting away, away, away
You're not completely gone
But things have changed
I'll get use to seeing you less often
I won't forget you
I couldn't if I tried
You're drifting away, away, away
Sometimes it seems like it's far
That's when I miss you most
You're not completely gone
But you have changed
And slowly, I think, I'm doing the same

Verse 2
Days are increasingly mundane
Now that you're not around
This is the new normal
Without you here, time seems to slow down
But when I'm with you
There's not much of it
I mostly want you to stay right where I am
So we can chat, and touch, and kiss
In your arms, in the middle of the night
Is when I'm most comfortable
Whenever we part, sadness takes hold
And it remains until we reconnect

Chorus
I'm close to the knives
The sharp knives
Which could potentially cause a lot of harm
How I feel for you
Could slice me into pieces
Pieces of perpetual wanting
Pieces of a lonely man
I'm close to the knives
The sharp knives
And sometimes I'm afraid of losing all that I have

Written by B. (Saturday, June 28, 2014)
Copyright 2014