By Your Side

Tensions raise, emotions tamed A kiss, a promise, all to gain Tears or joy? Endurance tests Guilt and shame as a recompense Pressure mounts, shatter, break Penance made for our mistakes Knives are out, 'til blood will flow The deepest cut, the mortal blow Returning stares in mirrors trained Swapping places, hearts exchanged Insults careless, though implied Doubts that linger paid in kind If you were I If it could be so easy Heart is racing, synaptic flow The moments pass, and the glass explodes Who protects us, if it hurts too much? Can we turn away, when we fear to touch? Assess, reply, retract, comply Dave attacks when challenge mounts Love is warm Love's for those who wield a dagger, or, a rose The endless trade in complements, illusions of our lesser selves An elemental force of will, demanding heed at beck and call Set us up, in case we fall Notions sent, and binding all Unrestricted to wishes tied Halls of riches, fantasised If you were I If it could be so easy Heart is racing, synaptic flow The moments pass, and the glass explodes Who protects us, if it hurts too much? Can we turn away, when we fear to touch? And I'll be by your side And I'll be by your side I'll be by your side I'll be by your side I'll be by your side And I'll be by your side Heart is racing, synaptic flow The moments pass, and the glass explodes Who protects us, if it hurts too much? Can we turn away, when we fear to touch? Fire alighting, a cold embrace Should we go too far, into splinter's break? Connection forms, and it screams so much The second's slow, when we fear to touch