Plus and Minus

In silence, there is absence
And in absence there is question
How do you walk along
When your heart is infested?

With all the petty promises
The safety that I lived in
A flame held in my hand
Now I hold your very sin

You remind me of the fire
Get too close, and you'll get burned
Hope to have a match ready
To let the flame return

commence, pretend I'm not alive
I'm not here, anyway
Commence, pretend I'm not awake
And take away your name

[chorus]
But I'm here and breathing
My own life this time

I will not be repeating
Our old, tragic line

I dont want the attention
I just want to shine

And be inside the light I've designed

[verse 2]
They say no regrets
The past is just a key
To live a present in the making
Of a future lived happily

I never meant to hurt you
Or destroy who you are
All I wanted was to save you
All I did was give my scars

[chorus]
But I'm here and breathing
My own life this time

I will not be repeating
Our old, tragic line

I dont want the attention
I just want to shine

And be inside the light I've designed

[close]
And here we'll be
Or here alone
You'll never known
What you have shown me

Who I want to be