Dying in Your Arms

You breathe me in like borrowed time

Hands on skin, hearts out of line

Your touch feels holy, but it burns

I never listen. I never learn

Every kiss another lie

That I pretend is justified

You pull me close, I close my eyes

And let another part of me die

Tell me this isn't real

Tell me I'm not the wound you heal

But every whisper sounds like fate

And every breath comes far too late

As I'm here dying in your arms

Wrapped in wreckage, soft and warm

You say you'll save me from the fall

But you were always part of it all

I'm bleeding slow, you don't let go

You smile like this is beautiful

And I surrender to the harm

As I'm here dying in your arms

You trace apologies like lines

Across my ribs, across my spine

Say you're sorry, say you care

But your love's a cross I choose to bear

You never stay, but never leave

You take just what you need from me

But even now, I'd let you in

Just to feel you underneath my skin

If this is love, then let it kill

Your silence haunts, your eyes are still

I'll be the grave you sleep inside

If it means I get one more night

As I'm here dying in your arms

Where hurt and heaven fall apart

You break me gently, piece by piece

But I still beg you not to leave

My lungs collapse beneath your name

And I don't try to breathe again

Just hold me closer to the harm

As I'm here dying in your arms

And if this is how it ends

I'd still choose you again