but i have the sense to recognize

what ravages of spirit
conjured this temptuous rage
created you a monster
broken by the rules of love

and fate has led you through it
you do what you have to do
and fate had let you through it
you do what you have to do

but i have the sense to recognize
that i don't know how
to let you go

every moment marked
with apparitions of your soul
i'm ever swiftly moving
trying to escape this desire

the yearning to be near you
i do what i have to do
the yearning to be near you
i do what i have to do

but i have the sense to recognize
that i don't know how
to let you go

i don't know how
to let you go

a glowing ember
burning hot
burning slow
deep within i'm shaken by the violence
of existing for only you

i know i can't be with you
i do what i have to do
i know i can't be with you
i do what i have to do

and i have the sense to recognize
that i don't know how
to let you go

i don't know how to let you go

I've learned to listen through silence

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between the lines ~ sara bareilles

"time to tell me the truth
to burden your mouth for what you say
no pieces of paper in the way
cause i cant continue pretending to choose
the opposite sides on which we fall
the loving you laters if at all
no right minds could wrong be this many times

my memory is cruel
i'm queen of attention to details
defending intentions if he fails
until now,
he told me her name
it sounded familiar in a way
i could have sworn i'd heard him say it ten thousand times
if only i had been listening

leave unsaid unspoken
eyes wide shut unopened
you and me
always between the lines
between the lines

i thought i thought i was ready to bleed
that we'd move from the shadows on the wall
and stand in the center of it all
too late two choices to stay or to leave
mine was so easy to uncover
he'd already left with the other
so i've learned to listen through silence

leave unsaid unspoken
eyes wide shut unopened
you and me be
you and me always be

i tell myself all the words he surely meant to say
i'll talk until the conversation doesn't stay on
wait for me i'm almost ready
when he meant let go

leave unsaid unspoken
eyes wide shut unopened
you and me
always be
you and me
always between the lines"