Post 574: Come Up Short (4/27/10)

Come Up Short (3/7/10 c, 4/27/10 w)

I can never be, never be

Your idealized version of reality

Because that dream isn’t the real me

But I hope, I hope that you will

Love me for who I am

But if you can’t I’ll have to force myself to understand

I come up short

Short of the illusion, the illusion you see

Of who, who you want me to be

I can’t give you everything you see

Everything you see in your dreams

And I don’t know if I can be, can be enough for you

But I’ll give you all I can

I come up short, I come up short

As long as we will be together

We will never be living in the lap of luxury

A hundred servants waiting on you and me

We will never have the house in Rome

Or the flights first class to take us home

I’d have everything, everything I need

If you could just stay with me, stay with me

And learn to love me for who I am

If, if you can

I come up short

Short of the illusion, the illusion you see

Of who, who you want me to be

I can’t give you everything you see

Everything you see in your dreams

And I don’t know if I can be, can be enough for you

But I’ll give you all I can

I come up short, I come up short

I know I have, I have my illusions too

My illusions of you

But in mine I see you here with me for eternity

Raising a family

Filled with love

Is that, is that enough for you

I come up short

Short of the illusion, the illusion you see

Of who, who you want me to be

I can’t give you everything you see

Everything you see in your dreams

And I don’t know if I can be, can be enough for you

But I’ll give you all I can

I come up short, I come up short