YOUR DYING BREATH

I could shower under your crying eyes.
And you were ever swimming in my lies.
You were by far the best I could ever get,
But I just drowned you in all of my debt.
You ducked under every single wave,
Yet I fell short of everything you gave.
I never stayed, I was always going,
I bottled up yet you were overflowing.
Taking water we were going under,
I didn't save you, I stole your thunder.
I wasn't worth the dirt under your shoe,
I don't think I did a single thing for you.
I pushed you, I broke you beyond repair,
No matter what, you were always there.
You could have had the world and more,
Yet somehow it was me that you adored.
And when at last my life was to cease,
I was denied of my final bitter release.
I survived through your martyred death,
You saved me with your dying breath.

Now you're gone and I'm all alone,
If home is heart then I have no home.
You linger at every single place I see,
You are in everything still yet to be.
So I try to walk the life you'd lead,
I'm reminded every time I bleed.
I try to change the world like you said,
You should be alive, I should be dead.
I don't think I can do this on my own,
Because every day it cuts to the bone.
But I soldier on in your memory,
It's all I can do to set you free.
Every day I push harder for you,
And I won't stop until I'm through.
You were the only one who gave a damn,
Now it's not easy being my own Superman.
I can't understand why I threw you away,
You were always the better hero every day.
I survived through your martyred death,
You saved me with your dying breath.