I don’t wanna hold you if you wanna go,
I’m not gonna make you feel love if you don’t,
I would rather learn what it feels like to burn than feel nothing at all.
I used to treat you sweetly, I would pull you to my chest,
As you cried about the ocean,
Slippin’ quickly through your hands.
You were searching for one grain of sand,
Along an endless beach,
As I was building you a castle,
That you just refused to see.
What do I say, what do I do,
To show you all the ways my heart is slowly shattering for you,
What do I say, what do I do…
I don’t wanna hold you if you wanna go,
I’m not gonna make you feel love if you don’t,
I would rather learn what it feels like to burn than feel nothing at all.
You have faded my reality,
Like leaves that turn to dust,
Fell asleep inside a fantasy,
Then woke up feeling lost.
Now I’m terrified and restless,
But I just cannot escape,
I wish you had words to cool this fever,
That is killing me.
What do I say, what do I do,
To show you all the ways my heart is slowly shattering for you,
What do I say, what do I do…
I don’t wanna hold you if you wanna go,
I’m not gonna make you feel love if you don’t,
I would rather learn what it feels like to burn than feel nothing at all.
I don’t wanna hold you if you wanna go,
I’m not gonna make you feel love if you don’t,
I would rather learn what it feels like to burn than feel nothing at all.
credits
released August 6, 2020
words and music: Ron Pope
mixing/mastering: Paul Hammer
Platinum recording independent artist, Ron Pope, made a name for himself in the early days of music streaming with the viral
success of his song, “A Drop in the Ocean” - which has now been streamed over 1 billion times going platinum in the US and double platinum in Sweden....more
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