The Inside Room

I can’t see my way when shame is covering my eyes. Carry a flame for me that I might make it; Faltering forward as the time. I can leave no traces Or I can move the stars in space; But I can say nothing for the weight of the action that lies like scars upon my face. But I will say for you anything you need to hear – I mean it, I mean it; Take the longing from these restless eyes And keep it for as long as you need it. I mean it, I mean it; Take the longing from me. I won’t see you changing should you remember me somehow. What in the world would make me feel that way When nothing on earth would make me now? All I ever wanted was something that I have never seen. And all that I ever, ever offered was something that I have never been; But I will play for you any part you need, my love – I mean it, I mean it; Take the longing from these restless eyes And keep it for as long as you need. I mean it, I mean it; Take the longing from me. I can’t make things right, baby But you know that I will try. Say that I waited from now till forever; Say that my tongue should never speak; Say that I stayed here and lay down beside you; Say that I buried my mouth in your hair.

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025

The places we’ve been to these past seven years seem so far. And the way that we came to be here, where we are, seemed so hard. And maybe I’m not in my right to long for peace in your eyes, But baby, I know you’re not right – If only the love that you’d feel for me, you’d feel for you. You made it easy for me to give myself up. You waited, You leaned out for me, And you never changed, did you, my love? And after the pain came a peace; Then a happiness like we’ve never known. So help me to help you and say for me, After all that you did for me, what can I do? Oh how I would find a way Oh how I would find a way I would do anything; And I would never let you go. Now open my eyes and let me see you shining. And maybe, one move at a time, you’d learn to love yourself again. I’d take you in my longing arms and try forever; Please be happy, my love. And all of the pain in your life, I’d make it better; And all that you do, I’d make it matter; Matter to me and to you. And in my way I’ve only tried to love you more. I opened everything Now open your eyes – can you see me shining?

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025

Take me in, inside To your room, to your fire. Take me in, please try Where I am warm and where I am welcome Like I would never let you Like I would never let you Like I would never let you know I never would The way the street looks tonight Reminds me of a summer night I want to go to Take me in and never let me go There is nothing I'm left holding on to Like I would ever let you Like I would ever let you Like I would ever let you go I never would

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025

Listen, my love; Sometimes I’ve never known I’ve never known silence of this kind The silence of stars Higher than we’ve ever flown Carry me over between times, between times. In your red room on quilted blankets Laying awake in the low light. Nothing, I know, can ever be more than now Gather me up here, between times. Say for me now that you mean to wait for me Say for me now that you’ll still be here tomorrow, tomorrow. But all time is now, and time can do nothing else Awaken your body beneath mine. I may get it wrong And maybe I’ll get it right Warm and unclose me between times. Say for me now that you mean to wait for me Say for me now that you’ll still be here tomorrow, tomorrow Say for me now that you mean to wait for me Say for me now that you’ll still be here tomorrow, tomorrow And all that I have is all that I’ve ever known Carry me over between times, between times.

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025

Far away from home And everyone I really know All at once I find I'm a stranger even to myself And like the snow that's falling I've never been so pure before Christiania, before I leave you You'll leave a mark on me I like the way you smile I like the way you try to hide And in my hardest moment I like the way you seem to read my mind And what would I not say To be in that room again If only for one moment That you would hold me In your tiny hand, and I might say Tomorrow I could find you, and you might take Something that I thought I could never give away If just to think I've something more to show And as I touch the sky I feel the space I've left behind So carry me back home Out on my own, I, like in a living dream And all the lights of London Are like a million reproachful eyes Tomorrow I'll be walking a different city Beneath a different sky And what would I not say If we were in that room again If only for one lifetime You would take me In your tiny hand, to a place Where I know that I can find you To a place, Where everything I've done and I've done has gone away If just to show me something I don't know

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025

Turn your face to the moon; Let me see you that way. And the way you appear to me now you’d think the moon would hide for shame. And though there is fire inside there’s a peace I have never known As if all of the earth holds her breath underneath the weight of snow. I’m watching you watch the water, wondering why with every deep happiness there’s some kind of pain. And these last days I’ve let so much of me away; But you will always be a mystery to me. I know that nothing touches you; Nothing has or ever will. Like that moon you’re high and far away; Hold my heart - This alone is heaven. But it’s more than I can hide. And the way I feel for you now is something I don’t understand; Because sometimes, you know, even I feel so old But you make me feel like I’m just being born. You make me smile; You make me know myself; You make me feel like I’m someone else. And I’ll hold you here in the back of my mind and I’ll let you go now; I’m letting you go. And the night rolls over us with no hesitation. There’s so much life in me now, Keep me here. Hold back time - keep me here; Keep me here. If we were alone on this earth, Or even away from here, It would be easy to let myself go; And God knows I want to.

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025