Like a Baby to a Breast
Tonight you hate me
Tonight you are leaving me
My dependence on you is no less than that of a baby’s to her mothers’ breast
But tonight you hate me
And you probably have always
It’s that I always begged you not to
And tried to believe
Tried to believe
Tonight you hate me
Tonight you are leaving me
My dependence on you is no less than that of a baby’s to her mothers’ breast
But you hate me
And that doesn't matter
No more no more no more no more no more no more
And tonight you pull me away
From something you know I need
Because I did something
I did something foolish in your eyes
I did something foolish in your eyes
And you are wrapping this baby up
You are walking her out the door
You can't stand her cries of cold
Her cries of need
And you are getting in the car
And driving down the road
To a place you know
To a place you know
No one will look
And your baby is crying in her seat
She is crying for the love she needs
She can't comprehend
It isn't there
And she won't
Now you stop the car
And you get out
It is dark here, and you pull her out
And walk down the street
To a dark place in between buildings
Vacant cold and quiet
Except for her crying
Wrap the blanket tighter; put it around her head to muffle
So you can't hear
Because you are filled with hate for her
And as you lift the black lid
Your eyes and body are filled with hate
Just drop her in
Just drop her in
Just drop her in
Not a second thought
No tear, regret or remorse
And you walk away
With her muffled cries
No less than a baby to a breast
No less than a baby to a breast
Here in the cold in the dark in the fear
Here
Here
Here she will end
Without a love
Without a friend
Without the ability to make it through
She can't make it without you
No one will find her
In the vacant alleyway
No one will hear her
Covered and thrown away
Covered and thrown away
And she is dead before the next morning
Because
Because
No less than a baby’s need to the mothers breast
And once upon a time
You called her babe
But tonight you decided
She is no baby of yours
Tonight you are leaving me
My dependence on you is no less than that of a baby’s to her mothers’ breast
But tonight you hate me
And you probably have always
It’s that I always begged you not to
And tried to believe
Tried to believe
Tonight you hate me
Tonight you are leaving me
My dependence on you is no less than that of a baby’s to her mothers’ breast
But you hate me
And that doesn't matter
No more no more no more no more no more no more
And tonight you pull me away
From something you know I need
Because I did something
I did something foolish in your eyes
I did something foolish in your eyes
And you are wrapping this baby up
You are walking her out the door
You can't stand her cries of cold
Her cries of need
And you are getting in the car
And driving down the road
To a place you know
To a place you know
No one will look
And your baby is crying in her seat
She is crying for the love she needs
She can't comprehend
It isn't there
And she won't
Now you stop the car
And you get out
It is dark here, and you pull her out
And walk down the street
To a dark place in between buildings
Vacant cold and quiet
Except for her crying
Wrap the blanket tighter; put it around her head to muffle
So you can't hear
Because you are filled with hate for her
And as you lift the black lid
Your eyes and body are filled with hate
Just drop her in
Just drop her in
Just drop her in
Not a second thought
No tear, regret or remorse
And you walk away
With her muffled cries
No less than a baby to a breast
No less than a baby to a breast
Here in the cold in the dark in the fear
Here
Here
Here she will end
Without a love
Without a friend
Without the ability to make it through
She can't make it without you
No one will find her
In the vacant alleyway
No one will hear her
Covered and thrown away
Covered and thrown away
And she is dead before the next morning
Because
Because
No less than a baby’s need to the mothers breast
And once upon a time
You called her babe
But tonight you decided
She is no baby of yours
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