Dakota

Picking shattered things off the floor,

Reassembling all of my love,

Guarding it for the one who’ll have a firmer hold within his hands.

If you just couldn’t understand,

I will not try to hold you back.

I will kill the girl in myself with lips wet from tears of regret.

Suffocating in our love’s nest,

I was losing all of my friends,

Plus two drops from my eyes into the ocean of all that I’ve lost.

Now I’m burning out as I fight

For you and me this one last time,

I will kill the one in myself who you loved, so forgive me God.

REFRAIN:

Losing my silhouette, all my love I reflect

Off broken window glass.

With a lock on the door, I set fire to my love

With wet matches.

Light and dark, all inside; come and take what you find

Obedient? Full of pride?

Who am I?

In the silence, flames keep me safe.

You can put me out with one breath,

Or I can walk barefoot alone and celebrate all that I’ve lost.

Touch my lips, do not be afraid

With a gentle word, have me slain

Or just put a period with silence in this story about us.

I feel pleasure, but I feel sore

I don’t want this, but I want more

With or without you, don’t you see? I’m not me! I’m not me!

For a moment, let me be weak,

Let me love you, let me be free

Or I will kill the one in myself who doesn’t know who is she.