i could have stayed forever - lovelorn
I couldn't leave just yet but I had to My faith was fading and there was nothing to cling to The silver string that tied us turned to rust I'm polishing it endlessly afraid that it might break off I could have stayed forever in the back of your mind Loved too deep and drowned too far in time It was so terrible it made you seem nice The black tears on my face is your dark night I could have stayed forever in these hopeful lies All I got was silence but the polite kind I know you're hoping I get there soon Past this cursed paradise and over the moon Half burnt floorboards smelling of lavender rose Stained glass windows I know I'll never be your home I sometimes question if I'll be persuasive enough To replace the books on your shelf, with the ones of myself I could have stayed forever in the back of your mind Loved too deep and drowned too far in time It was so terrible it made you seem nice The black tears on my face is your dark night I could have stayed forever in...