It would have been so nice
If it was real
If we could have talked freely
And our walls have let us
It could have been so nice
But the pleasure of your presence
Turned to pain so fast
Your touch—
Just particles of dust
It would have been so nice
If it was real
If our secrets would have let us
It could have been so nice
But the pleasure of your voice
Turned to pain so fast
The coldest stabs of ice
And your words—
Just particles of dust
Yet it would have been nice
If it was real
And we could have overcome our fears
It could have been so nice
Even the idea of you
Now just makes me bleed
When I still think
That it could have been nice
If it was real
I gave you what you wanted
Your chance—
You didn’t take it
It’s all or nothing
I take no particle of dust
But I still think
It could have been so nice