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Safe In This Dark

by

Jessi Albano

In this dark I lie awake,
And watch you as you sleep --
Rumpled hair and tangled sheet,
Babe, you make me want to weep.
In this dark your every breath and beat,
Washes through me, soft as mist.
Till everything just fades away,
And this dark is all there is.
Babe, you make me want a million things
I know can't ever be,
So I lie awake and watch you sleep
Safe in this dark with me.

I've always been a soldier
Lived through half a dozen wars,
And I've got more scars than I care to count
Lost more friends than there are stars.
I've cut down every fear I faced
I've shut out every scream --
And still don't have the guts that it would take
To close my eyes and dream.
Babe, you make me long for summer days
I know I'll never live to see --
So I lie awake and watch you sleep
Safe in this dark with me.

Safe in this dark I'll keep you,
Close enough to pretend --
That tomorrow's light-years away,
That this dark will never end.
Close enough to touch you,
If I dared to cross that line --
And fool myself into believing,
I could call more than this dark mine.
Babe, I'd give the rest of my days on Earth
Give up sun and stars and sea --
To lie awake and just watch you sleep
Safe in this dark with me.

Babe, I'd give what's left of this tattered soul
To simply let things be --
To lie awake and just watch you sleep
Safe in this dark with me….

© Jessi Albano 25 March 1999 / 12:05 AM

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