Fighting Back

(Tracy-Turnblad, I don't know what I would've done without your unfinished verse. I hope you don't mind, but I loved it too much and it inspired me.)

If I told you I didn’t know
If this will last forever
You would just turn around and go
So telling the truth wouldn’t really be clever
And if you’d leave me today I would die
So I’m just gonna lie
It’s better than the truth and worse than a try
I’m afraid…
I know my words are getting colder and colder
Is it that right to do, giving you the cold shoulder?
Because…

-Chorus-
What I’d give to hold your hand like I did back then
But I know that if I reached out, I could never let go
So instead I’ll clench my fist and hit as hard as I can
But you’re always fighting back, and you hit harder
And I’d sell my soul to say I love you again
Cause I do even more than I’d ever let myself know
But instead I’ll breathe deeply and say something I don’t mean
Because the truth never did me justice

It would hurt me to let you go
If we can be together
Maybe I should just let it show
Cause it’s killing me to hold it in forever
But what if I make it worse than it is?
Can it get worse than this?
Don’t give me one more lie, we don’t need a list
I’m afraid…
I know we both are now living in our own lies
It would be easier if you tried to read my eyes
Because…

-Chorus-
What I’d give to hold your hand like I did back then
But I know that if I reached out, I could never let go
So instead I’ll clench my fist and hit as hard as I can
But you’re always fighting back, and you hit harder
And I’d sell my soul to say I love you again
Cause I do even more than I’d ever let myself know
But instead I’ll breathe deeply and say something I don’t mean
Because the truth never did me justice

With respect to Tracy-Burnblad (I don't know what your inspiration was) this has your signature all over it. And every single line has impact. GREAT work Angel, this is as good and as meaningful as anything I've ever read from you.

Tracy wrote this :

If I told you I didn’t know
If we’d be forever
You just turn and walk away
Telling the truth really wouldn’t be clever
Cuz you’d leave me today
And I’d die
So I’ll just have to lie

And I turned it into what you can see in the first verse