Don't listen to a word I say
I would change you if I could
To a doll of perfection
And trapped forevermore inside and deep
You would be buried before me
I don't mean to scare you
But instead, to show you how much
The murmurs of a whisper of a breath of a breeze
Could come to mean
If you really listened. How much
The spark of a flicker of a flame
Could come to growInto something more
If you really watched.

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But you never listened
To me, the wind or the fire
I ask
Which one of us was your real desire
See, I'd have punished you
In ways that weren't quite so dire
Trust me, I would
Oh, but if you weren't such a liar
I wouldn't be talking to a tombstone tonight