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MISERY'S HABIT

In the company of a stranger
To satisfy her misery
Passed around
Careless of the danger
Blind I was a fool not to see
She had to lie to hold on
To the love, her love for me

Why did I walk away?
Why did it have to end this way?
Why did I walk away?

A momentary pretence
In a lifetime of promise
But who was being fooled?
Did it really matter?
There had been others before
It was just a way of coping
With the demons in her head
And the misery in her veins

Why did I walk away?
Why did it have to end this way?
Why did I walk away?

Departed love and jaded beauty
Tired of the indignity
She wouldn't submit
The pretence too confronting
Deliberate or lazy
She silenced her misery

Why did I walk away?
Why did it have to end this way?
Why did I walk away?

Servant to my vanity
I wouldn't share her
And too weak
I couldn't share her misery
I walked away when she needed me
I lost my love
And I lost my dignity

Why did I walk away?
Why did it have to end this way?
Why did I walk away?

Why? Why? Why?!

Why did it have to be this way?
 
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