the one who survives by making the lives

of others worthwhile

she's coming apart

right before my eyes

the one who depends on the services she renders

to those who come knocking

she's seeing too clearly what she can't be

what understanding defies



she says I need not to need

or else a love with intuition

someone who reaches out to my weakness and won't let go

I need not to need

I've always been the tower

but now I feel like I'm the flower trying to bloom in snow



she turns out the light anticipating night falling

tenderly around her

and watches the dusk

the words won't come

she carries the act so convincingly the fact is

sometimes she believes it

that she can be happy the way things are

be happy with the things she's done



reach out

but hold back

where is safety

reach out

and hold back

where is the one who can change me

where is the one

the one

the one



reach out

but hold back

where is safety

reach out

and hold back

where is the one who can save me

where is the one

the one

the one






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