Ultimatum

It's life or death now; I shouldn't meddle with her fate

My hand is forced though; I'll choose to save her or to break

I'm not attached though: A lie I whisper when she weeps

But if I'm honest, I hear her crying in my sleep

This isn't love; this is just an ultimatum

This isn't love, but can I really live without her?

And when she falls it feels like gravity pulls me

and when she starves I feel the hunger that she seeks

She's feeling lonely, so she comes limping back to me

With one word only, I'll watch her world fall at my feet

I see her breaking with brittle bones and ruined teeth

I'm not her savior: I'm not the one she wants to meet

This isn't love; this is just an ultimatum

This isn't love: soon I'll have to live without her

And when she dies I wash away my guiltless sin

And when she's gone I know there's nothing left within