They'll light up the letters I wrote you
They'll erase the fact that I longed for you inside my bed
In clearing my name and part of my life

Do you know what my father said
When he read what we'd done?
He said
"You've fallen for another man,
I won't bear to call you my son."

You and your words pleading impatiently
My sentences rendered too reckless
They've grown paranoid of the first paragraph
"To convince you..."

You, you, you...

They will erase me from our narrative
Soon, future historians search for our affections
And where it all starts
They're tearing us apart