la ronde from suffermore by nnin

Let me be perfectly clear
And tell you there’s nothing to fear
I’ll love you so long
—or as long as this song—
As long as you’re already gone

Let’s get this out of the way
Before you’ve decided to stay
I’ll want you forever
—or at least ’til whenever—
Provided you just go away

It’s not just a trick of the weather
A question of now or of never
Why should you grieve
Or believe I would need you
So long as we both shall leave

For better, for worse
For rich or for poorer
Are vows with a ring of disaster
Forsaking all others
—at least, ’til I’m dead—
Is a dread that just makes me die faster

So let’s be in love for tonight
The mornings are always too bright
I’ll seem so much better
—and hard-to-forgetter—
If you don’t look that close in the light

Promise you’ll just disappear
I swear I will hold you so dear
And love you moreover
—when this song is over—
As long as you’re no longer here

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