but i'm scared because you might want to stay
i don't know if i'll be good for the long term
i'm best when i push people away
sometimes i think i'll be alone forever
and sometimes i think i'm only good for short flings
sometimes i think i can live with that
but most days i know i need more things
i don't know if i can get everything i need from you
and maybe that's why i'm scared
unsure of whether to give my all
to someone who might decide not to care
years ago i might not have been so rational
and thought this completely through
i wouldn't have cared how we ended
as long as i had a beginning with you
but there have been times, and men, who wronged me
and because of that i've become careful
i started to keep my dreams of love to myself
to keep from becoming sentimental
so i don't tell you i love you
though i might act otherwise
i won't unravel my feelings easily anymore
it's up to you to undo the ties
