"I've come here as a man in shambles
Worn out from begging on my knees
Please, I'm just trying to
Keep my family together
Now, when you saw your lover
Wore a ring around her finger
Why didn't you stop?
I have half a mind to make you hurt
To make you bleed, to make you suffer
I swear, if you've touched her
Oh, heaven, forgive what
I would do to you, you monster!
And think about your children?
They'll never believe what you've done
Listen, I'm begging you, back off
Let me rebuild all the things that you shattered
She meant it, I swear that she meant it
She whispered so often
'Husband, I'll always be here with you.'
But always is always and always is valueless.
I wish I'd never heard her speak a word.
And I hope you see us
Your wife and your children and I
Buried in the wreckage of your crime
While you're laying down your sins
Softly leaning in to kiss your guilt goodnight."
She is mine.
You stole her, somehow tricked her
But we'll survive. We will.
She loves me dearly - you'll see.
You are blind. She loves me dearly.
Breathe in.
He finally paused to take a breath
Then looked down - it felt like staring into hell.
The man was seated in a chair before him, silent,
A statue framed in pain and flesh. He thought,
"Oh, what more can I say to sway him?
To make this statue speak?
I swear he's made of stone
And I am barely stirring up a breeze."
And after waiting in the silence
Finally turned around to leave
Broken and barely through the doorway
Breathing slowly, beating hard
He heard him speak:
"I guess love's a funny thing
The way it fades away without a warning.
It doesn't ask to be excused.
And when it's gone, oh, it's gone
And it ain't ever comin' back
There is nothing you can do to save it,
To make it breathe the way it did
When you were sliding on the ring.
Trust me: It's gone for good.
Now there is nothing you can do to stop me.
She is happy when she is with me
And I am finally alive. I'm sorry."
