Live for me

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don't do this
you can't do this to me.
you can't make me need you like this
you can't make me love you like this
i'm drowning in you
and i don't think i can see the surface anymore.
i'm watching your pretty little heart shatter
and my hands are dripping crimson
as i struggle to pick up the pieces.
i can't breathe without you
But your hands are the ones on my throat.
you're not the only one who's hurting.

don't do this.
you can't leave me like this
please don't be broken like this
i see what you're doing
i see the way you swallow down your sorrow
until the bottle is empty.
i know you're grateful you can't see the monsters anymore
through the smoke in your lungs.
but you don't understand
you wear the love i have for you as a handcuff around your wrist
and i can feel the other end biting into my skin.
baby you're dying,
and i'm dying with you.

you can't do this to yourself.
you don't want to live,
i know.
but i'm selfish
and i'm asking you,
if you can't live for yourself,
live for me.
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Song I'm listening to currently:
i hate you, i love you by Gnash and Olivia O'Brien

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