Just You and I

Brush off the tear and pretend I’m fine;

you’ll pretend to believe me,

How sweetly we lie, just you and I,

Deception-shrouded captivity.

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Brush back your hair, while it’s still soap-damp,

My fingers loved to linger,

Just you and I, how sweetly we lie,

Should I take the ring off my finger?

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Brush off the joke, like it doesn’t hurt,

Like you didn’t mean it to;

How sweetly we lie, just you and I,

In my bed’s a stranger I once knew.

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Brush on the paint like I used to do,

But the canvas won’t bare me.

Just you and I, how sweetly we lie,

Trading mistruths for eternity.

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