Story Behind The Song
This song was written based on an unrequited love of my own. I knew that there was no negotiating, but I fantasized that the outcome was up to me and I pretended that it was me that had the choice to stay or go.
Song Description
This is a song about deciding to stay with someone or to leave. This is really an internal debate, perhaps sung to a lover who is asleep or in another room. Weighing all the options and considering the singer's fate - this song pleads with the universe, p
| Song Length |
4:02 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Folk - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Moving |
Subject |
Regret, Loneliness |
| Similar Artists |
Paul Simon, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
Tragedy
I'm not about to touch you
I'm not about to cry
The truth is that I want to
But I'm afraid to try
I'm sitting here debating
While you're lying there asleep
both of us are waiting
Some things just don't keep
I may be leaving in the morning
I could be leaving in a year
The thing I need to know
Is this love or is this fear?
I don't want to be
Another tragedy
I don't want to look at you
and see Another rendezvous
That ends in tears
Began with fears
All this searching through the years
and when I look at you
another rendezvous
I'm trying to fight this feeling
What I'm trying to figure out
If I leave before you wake up
will I be left with doubt