"Darling, you can't live like this."

By Blood Saga

And she says: "Call me in the morning.
Tell me that you're still alive."

I give her a smile like breaking glass,
and a noncommittal sigh.

She says: "Darling,
you can't live like this."

But in the end she fades away,
like all the others before her.

Nothing here to see today;
she takes the sunlight with her.

Take a train into Manhattan;
fire-birds circling the dawn.

This guy playing a sad song;
pretty soon I'll be gone.

A little closer to a revelation;
on the interstate the exit's too bright to miss.

Smiling when I see the oncoming headlights;
she'd said: "Darling, you can't live like this."

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Copyright 2012 Blood Saga
Published on Saturday, October 6, 2012.     Filed under: "Fiction" and "Lyrics"

Author's Note:

I honestly don't know what this is or where it came from. I kind of blame the Mountain Goats.
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  • Cassette On Tuesday, November 14, 2017, Cassette (1144)By person wrote:

    I adore this.

  • Candy Cain On Tuesday, November 14, 2017, Candy Cain (54)By person wrote:

    yeah, the mountain goats kinda do that to ye. great lyrics.

  • A former member wrote: in the end she fades away... i like the ambiguity of the line, did she actively or passively fade? where lies the fault? is fault even involved? this made me think, thank you for the read :)

  • Star On Thursday, July 17, 2014, Star (920)By person wrote:

    I literally feel like crying. beautiful.

  • Clydes_Bonnie On Saturday, August 17, 2013, Clydes_Bonnie (56)By person wrote:

    This hits home. Thank you for the write

  • A former member wrote: Deep...meaningful. I like it

  • A former member wrote: I too, had read this in a sing-song voice, albeit it is not a bad thing. Loved the flow, the picturesque description and articulation. Brilliant piece of work.

  • FadedBlues On Sunday, October 7, 2012, FadedBlues (2172)By person wrote:

    ...quick little scenes that lead to an explosive conclusion...

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