Bleeding Hearts

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Does it hurt/when love leaves/during the dark of the night/

Does it ache/when you clutch to your pillow/and the whispers become dull/

Does it hurt/when you hear/the creak of the door/and you don't want to open your eyes/you don't want to be alone/

Does it ache/when your eyes burn/when your marrow chills/when the world becomes cold/and things turn into dust

Tell me/does it hurt/when you love them/when you want to love them/but they don't love you back/oh not like you do/not like you want them too

Does it ache/when you drag your lips across/the broken wounds/you tear them open/use those broken fingers/pour in the salt/feel it burn/you deserve it/you should've known better/you deserve it

Does it hurt/when the words won't leave your mouth/because daddy says/vulnerability is one of the seven sins/hell fire probably hurts less than this/hell fire will burn less/the Lord will take mercy/when he sees how long I have been burning for

Oh, does it ache/does it ache/you have an exam tomorrow/you've never done this before/you've kept quiet/you've shushed up/you've swallowed it like a pill/because it would be a burden/is this a burden/is this a burden/is this a burden/

Say it/whisper/don't let them hear/in the dark on the night/when shadows flutter/when it's the crack of dawn/and the world begins/say it/

It hurts/it aches/it hurts