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And I get no comfort from the southern

Almost fell on my face again

And I get no comfort from the other

And the old man on stage is singing my song again

Slow and steady and heavy like rain

And I sit and pretend I'm not in love with you

When you and I both know that just ain't true

But this love affair lives only in my mind

Maybe if I look at you long enough it will come to life

I want to bottle you up and breathe you in

Pour you into my bath water to cleanse my skin

Six years of devil dancing

And I get no return

And yet I return

To the place I started grasping

For the slow burn and the sin

I keep you behind my eyelids

And in between each breath

In this love's forgotten abyss

I remember so I don't pretend

I'll make my beautiful escape

Leave you with desire in your eyes

And meet later in some other time and place

Meet you with fire in your eyes

You could be my destiny

You could be my alternate ending

You could have the rest of me

You could be the dream I keep remembering

But it's so sad

So desperate and so dark

That what I cannot have

Is more than what we are...