Don't Kill Me
Surviving Love's Lethal Dance: 'Don't Kill Me' by Chris Sunfield
Lyrics
I want you
I desire you
But you need me
You require me
So I'm leery
So I'm cautious
You're legal
You are within the legal bounds
But I'm medieval
But I have a primitive mindset
I'm weary
I am tired
Your energy's murder, it's the reason why
Your energy is destructive, and it's the reason why
I gotta be thinkin' if I want you enough to die
I need to contemplate if wanting you is worth risking my life
Don't Kill Me
Repeated plea not to harm or kill
Don't Kill Me
-Don't Kill Me
-That's it, boo
An expression of finality
I'm black and blue
I am emotionally bruised and beaten
I'm done for
I am defeated
Diminished
Reduced in status or importance
I'll let you finish
I'll let you complete whatever you're doing
No encore
No additional performance or repetition
We'd be up til' morning if you had your way
If allowed, we would continue until morning
But I'm not sure if I really want to die this way
Uncertainty about wanting to die in this manner
Don't kill me
Repeated plea not to harm or kill
Don't kill me
-When I sleep I have the most wondrous dreams
A dream sequence expressing the desire for a peaceful existence
You and I are both so young and green
-Our lives before us in a love so deep
-Just let me sleep
-Somewhere 'tween slumber and wakin'
Description of a state between sleep and wakefulness, interrupted by a potential threat
Dawn's close to breakin'
-Somebody's shakin' my lifeless form
-Give me ten, I might perform
-Just don't kill me
Reiteration of the plea not to kill
I'm damn straight
Description of physical symptoms caused by emotional distress
This heart rate
-Is making me feel infirm
-I'm outta breath
The toll of a destructive relationship, metaphorically expressed
From your dance of death
-You get the thrust and I get the worm
-How will I kick it when I finally go?
Contemplation on mortality and the hope that the relationship might provide salvation
Heart attack? Fade to black? I don't know
-But maybe you're the baby that'll save me from the home
-Don't kill me
Repeated plea not to harm or kill
Don't kill me
-Don't kill me
-Don't kill me
Repeated plea not to harm or kill, with a contradictory expression of being thrilled
Don't kill me
-Don't kill me
-You thrill me
-But don't kill me
-Don't you kill me just yet
Emphatic plea to delay any harm or death
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