Do you know that fight

What if I said you can’t be fixed.

But if you could, would you want it?

You can fall in love with the cracks

Where the ivy vines grow.

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And there is a beauty in the rubble.

And strength in what can be built from broken stones.

What if I said the pain was worth it?

And that laughter would come again.

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What if we’re the lucky ones to suffer?

That it shouldn’t happen, but it does.

Because that’s what we can take.

So that is what was given.

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And what if I see you,

And choose you anyway.

The one who gives and takes no excuses.

What if I trust you?

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And what if you show everything,

And all they do is stay.

Would you see the truth,

Even if it hurt worse than the lies?

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Do you see the point of it, to suffer?

Or has it turned your heart wary?

For some, in the end they’re still breathing,

But forgotten what it is to live.

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What if there is rest one day.

There always was a place in my garden for you.

Whether you choose me or not,

There is treasure in what some call weeds.

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Do you know that fight

To choose someone

Perhaps for a little too long in the end?

Knowing but jumping anyway.

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What if I was content in knowing,

After all the hours and years,

That I didn’t fight for nothing

And that I didn’t love less for fear.

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And I’ll meet your eye because sometimes

Love is letting someone go.

Would you say maybe someday,

If I can be content with never?

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I see you

with your back against the sky.

If you hurt me, I let it.

And I’ll try not to fall for what could be, again.