Love's Acrobat

Our relationship is a tightrope
And I've gotta walk it and juggle it for any hope
Ducking questions needing to be asked
Both afraid of what may lie beneath our mask

But to remove and risk loosing you
I may be crazy as they say, but I'm no fool
Is it crazy that I find kindness, in what they see as cruel
How can we be fixed if one of us isn't the tool

We are a strange fruit, hanging from a strange tree
You claiming love, but find pleasure in torturing me
Like a sadistic kid pulling the wings from a butterfly
Then nursing me back to health, you wont let me die

It's music to your ears to hear me scream in pain
Seems someone else treated you exactly the same
Am I your past life being rehearsed
Same plot but the roles are suddenly reversed

Only this time it wont be you left crying
Sitting in front of a mirror talking to yourself about dying
Some how you pulled it off a pacifist turned aggressor
Lately I've been finding your razor on my dresser

Should I take you up on this offer
To commit the ultimate sacrifice, so that you can live softer
Does my love for you truly go this deep
I think that I'll start cutting my chest, I did give you my heart to keep