What You Mean to Me

Hands are tied and lips are sealed
But eyes are wide awake
You're in every betraying tear that falls
And its more than I can take.

I can't convince you that I love you
To you, words are nothing but sound
I can't assure you that I'm here for you
Because you only believe in falling down

I can't be those angel wings you want
Because like Icarus, you don't listen
You do what you want, what you feel
And through tears your eyes will glisten.

I'm sorry that I can't be your savior
Because you've already cut the rope
There's nothing else I can think to say
That will give you one last string of hope

I'm sorry, my dear friend, but I..
I can't keep tightening my own noose
You tell me to to let you fade away
But I can't keep silent to your self-abuse.

Perhaps you're not seeing clearly
Through the pills and alcohol you consume
Or the tears that alter your perception
When you're alone and crying in your room.

But who you see yourself as now
And who I've always known you to be...
You're too beautiful for words to describe,
That even your beauty baffles me.

In a new age where beauty is rare to find
I've discovered that it in you it exists
As if you've stolen half the world's wonder
And etched that remarkable beauty in your wrists.

You spend your days wasting away
On tears of pity and drinking bitter wine.
All I ask is the end of self-infliction
Because this time you've crossed the line.

You've wrapped me up in my own regrets
And are choking me with your tears
It may seem like my words are useless
But they're more heartfelt than it appears.

I wish I could take your pain away
And conceal it in my bursting heart
At least I'd know you're safe from fear,
Away from a life of being torn apart.

Dear angel of mine, I'm just so sorry
That you can't see yourself through my eyes
That you'll never know what you mean to me
Because you're so convinced that words are lies.

And I'm so sorry that you're weary
From the tears that you have cried
But all that's left is to watch, wide awake,
Where lips are sealed and hands are tied.