It didn't have to end like this
You could have just done what I asked of you

I guess that was my fault as well

But now, here we are
you're there, lying on the floor
and I am fine, aside from my shaking hands
Hands that will steady
But your slender neck will remain broken

I look down at your shattered body
and remember how you felt on my lap
The rhythm we shared
The harmony of your dark body
against my ivory flesh

But we were not meant to be together
You were out of my league
I knew that at first sight, first touch
But I brought you into my world anyway
I bought your destiny, sealed your fate

You did what you were told, always
Only said what I told you to say, always
But what I wanted to hear was different
from what came out of you
That was my fault, yet you paid the price

Now I clean up a mess
Pieces of you everywhere
My God! What have I done!
I can't replace you!
Not now anyway

I'll have to wait until I get paid
Then go back to the music store
And pick out a new one
And maybe sign up for lessons this time

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