Nottingham

'A part of me, apart from me' I'd be splitting hairs if presented with A basis to compare to thee And then you'll give me the third degree About a stranger you thought had made a pass at me And so my single decree will soon transpire to be Just for you to fade and finally relinquish me If you love me so, then let me go If you love me so, then know I've Gone to great lengths to pay my due diligence Sacrifice to the point of cardiac impoverishment But I've been a fool for few lesser things And I guess it's all to soon to have learned anything Fade and relinquish me You're not who you could be Appreciate this for what it is Don't condemn it for what it's not But if what it is isn't much Then you've got to find a way To mitigate what you've got You're my sunrise, sunset And all that's in between That carnal voraciousness Makes dawn and dusk your falling knees On the residual sides, I cast the die I was always blind There was no mutual lens Just endorphins forced with Ritalin My pretense was sweet, then it rotted my teeth It started with sialorrhea, now it's killing me I had to lie; To say “I understand and it's fine” You're not supposed to keep score You can't win every time So fuck off with that shit I can't change my past to suit this And I wouldn't be with you, without it Your belligerent tick