By Your Side

Tensions raise, emotions tamed

A kiss, a promise, all to gain

Tears or joy, endurance tests

Guilt and shame as a recompense

Pressure mounts, shatter, break

Penance made for our mistakes

Knives are out, 'til blood will flow

The deepest cut, the mortal blow

Returning stares in mirrors trained

Swapping places, hearts exchanged

Insults careless, though implied

Doubts that linger paid in kind

If you were I

If it could be so easy

Heart is racing, synaptic flow

The moments pass, and the glass explodes

Who protects us, if it hurts too much?

Can we turn away, when we fear to touch?

Assess, reply, retract, comply

Dave attacks when challenge mounts

Love is warm

Love's for those who wield a dagger, or a rose

The endless trade in complements, illusions of our lesser selves

An elemental force of will

Demanding heed at beck and call

Set us up, in case we fall

Notions sent, and binding all

Unrestricted to wishes tied

Halls of riches, fantasized

If you were I

If it could be so easy

Heart is racing, synaptic flow

The moments pass, and the glass explodes

Who protects us, if it hurts too much?

Can we turn away, when we fear to touch?

And I'll be by your side

And I'll be by your side

I'll be by your side

I'll be by your side

I'll be by your side

And I'll be by your side

Heart is racing, synaptic flow

The moments pass, and the glass explodes

Who protects us, if it hurts too much?

Can we turn away, when we fear to touch?

Fire alighting, a cold embrace

Should we go too far, into splinter's break?

Connection forms, and it screams so much

The second's slow, when we fear to touch