Ivy - Ash Lyrics

You said everything I couldn't bear to say myself
A wrenching pain, the likes of which you'd never felt
I'll say a thousand more times that I understand
I guess I'm too kind to admit
It's due to your own hand
Truthfully, my darling, I love you more than the air
I never wished you'd bleed for what you did
But now you're black and blue
And back on my arm, is it fair
That I still feel it'd be unkind to cry?
Honestly, my dear, the truth is more than you can take right now
I'll keep quiet for another lifetime for you
I'm not sure you realize
I'm right back where we started
With your head on my chest, my love
My love
I was just beginning to let go when you had called
Crying in a way I'd never heard you
Shattered, like I've been
Since I first found you in the dark
Why is it so shameful to confess?
Honestly, my dear, I don't know what else I can say right now
But I'll stay next to you until you lock me out again
I've fought to make myself more than a warm body to you
But I guess I might never know, my love
My love
Tell me what a soul can say
To herself, babe
When she gives you her world
And you give it away?
Tell me, why is empathy so cruel
To the empath
When you give a viper your love
And it bites you back?
I had warned you it was poison
Every tear that I cried
Begging sun and sky
Not to lose my mind
I can't say it to your face
Or even straight up in a song
If I were anyone else
I would be long gone
Oh
Honestly, my love, I'd burn my world down
If it kept you warm
But you would see the flames and choose the cold
And when you walked into my ash
And looked me in the eye
I know
I know
I still wouldn't cry