Slave

I laid my heart open for you.
This was your fault, not mine.
Sure, I made some mistakes too,
But it didn’t have to be the end.

Sometimes I wonder, when I’m alone at night
And the stars seem to speak,
If it was possible, maybe, if we might-
No, I won’t do this.

I won’t beg on my knees
For something you threw away.
But please, oh please,
Just look at me.

You won’t even look into my eyes.
At least face what you’ve done.
I hope your soul dies,
And fades away.

A living ghost, just as you left me,
To be cared for like a child.
I just want to be free
Of this cage.

I don’t want to feel this way!
I don’t want to be confined.
But, just say the word, I’d lay
My life down for you.

How can I be free?
When I’m just a slave?
Just let me go, I plea.
Let me leave.

What are you doing to me?
Stop pumping my veins
With this drug you’ve addicted me to.
I swear it’s worse than the chains.

I question the love I’ve given you.
Was it right? Was it real?
I question the love you professed to me.
Was it right? Was it real?

It was just a lie.
There is no love, not in this world,
Not in the next. We all just die.
So leave me, unfettered.