Signature Mistake

I loved you fervently for as long as you let me

Now I’m troubled by the chilling thought that you’ll forget me

I can bear being apart

But not absent from your heart

So kindly reassure me you at least regret me and…

Let me be your signature mistake

Whatever other blunders you may make

Whatever other hearts you deign to break

Please just let me be your signature mistake

I saw it in your eyes at both ends of the story

This was only ever going to lead to guts or glory

But I am willing to make do

With somewhere in between the two

So tell me all the ways it costs you to ignore me and

Let me be your signature mistake

Whatever other blunders you may make

Whatever other hearts you deign to break

Please just let me be your signature mistake

If it can’t be forever

Then instead this lesser tether

Forged in the same flame where you can’t fake

Your signature mistake

I have no right to ask, no reason to expect it

But let me linger in the faint red light above the exit

I promise I won’t make a sound

But on the off-chance that you come round

And maybe stray beyond the boundaries I’ve respected then...

Let me be your signature mistake

Whatever other blunders you may make

Whatever other hearts you design to break

Please just let me be your signature mistake

Let me be your signature mistake

Let me be your signature mistake