as if it's time i stop

as you leave me now, he said, i don't know that i will make it out of this alive without you by my side. why can't you stay?

if it isn't me, then who, i ask, i've weathered my share of pain and grief, so give it all to me. cause that's how the game is played.

it's not fair. i'm gonna fall apart, my love confessed, i don't know if i can sleep in an empty bed. or who to be all by myself.

time will decide when these days are Now, my voice shaking to think of it, but you're right that burden should be my beast to bear.

i stand for you, he chokes, don't make this all go on without you. i can't even imagine the emptiness and what's at stake.

stop, please, i beg for peace, i just want to live while i'm alive, and i want you in it. today is what the gift is - stop giving it away.