You ask me

if I love you

and I choke

on my reply

I'd rather hurt

you honestly

than mislead

you with a lie

And who am

I to judge you

on what you say or do?

I'm only just beginning

to see the real you

And sometimes

when we touch

the honesty's too much

And I have to close

my eyes and hide

I want to hold you

till I die

Till we both break

down and cry

I want to hold you

till this fear in

me subsides

Romance and

all its strategy

leaves me battling

with my pride

But through the

insecurity

some tenderness survives

I'm just another writer

still trapped within

my truth

A hesitant

prize fighter

Still trapped

within my youth

And sometimes

when we touch

The honesty's

too much

And I have to close

my eyes and hide

I want to hold you

till I die

Till we both break

down and cry

I want to hold you

till this fear in

me subsides

At times I'd like

to break you

and drive you

to your knees

At times I'd like

to break through

and hold you endlessly

At times I

understand you

And know how hard

you've tried

I've watched while

love commands you

and I've watched

love pass you by

At times I think

we're drifters

still searching

for a friend

A brother or a sister

but then the

passion flares again

And sometimes

when we touch

The honesty's

too much

And I have to close

my eyes and hide

I want to hold

you until I die

Till we both break

down and cry

I want to hold you

till this fear in

me subsides

I want to hold you

till this fear in

me subsides

I want to hold you

till this fear in

me subsides...

Ooh yeah