Silver Buttons
Silver Buttons Unraveled: Love's Delicate Dance
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You were a little bleary the first time we met
You appeared slightly intoxicated the first time we met
So the night's proceedings you would not recall
So intoxicated that you wouldn't remember the events of the night
But I would never forget
I, however, would always remember that encounter
A little clumsy, but with tenderness
You were a bit awkward, but there was a gentle touch
Undoing all the silver buttons on my dress
You were delicately unfastening the silver buttons on my dress
And both untouched by sleep
Both of us were still awake, untouched by sleep
Me, with eyes wide open
I, fully awake with open eyes
You, in oblivion
You, oblivious and not fully present
Never really making it to the same place at the same time
We never quite synced in time and space
But I never would've believed that it would end this way
I never expected it to end this way
If you can't hold on tight then let go
If you can't hold on tightly, then it's better to let go
And that's all that I know
This is the only wisdom I possess
Maybe today the rain will fall
Possibly today the rain will provide clarity
And the patterns there will show you
The patterns in the rain might guide decisions to stay or leave
Whether to stay or to go
Indicating whether one should remain or depart
I held you while you cried for the loves you'd lost
I supported you while you lamented the loves you had lost
And listened while you re-invented your own past
I listened as you reconstructed your own history
And when I'd had enough and was on my way
When I decided to leave, you called me back
You called me back again
Perhaps you didn't want me but craved companionship
You never really wanted me, you just wanted the company
You sought company, not necessarily a relationship with me
Well, here's another name to add to your mythology
Now, you add another name to your collection of experiences
If you can't hold on tight then let go
If you can't hold on tightly, then it's better to let go
And that's all that I know
This is the only wisdom I possess
Maybe today the rain will fall
Possibly today the rain will provide clarity
And the patterns there will show you
The patterns in the rain might guide decisions to stay or leave
Whether to stay or to go
Indicating whether one should remain or depart
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