Only If
It was hard to comprehend at first
But not for you, I'm sure it was well rehearsed
I had a week to prepare for the worse
When you said you wanted to talk
He had you for years, I did for days
And he's coming back, so f*ck*ng a
I know, it's over, it's over, okay
I get it, it's what I signed up for
But I thought that I'd just go with it
Start anew and maybe you'd forget
I can still taste your lips from our last kiss
But you don't need me
The quintessential only if
(Written on August 12, 2012)
© Ricky Randall
September 1, 2012
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Submitted on September 29, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AAXX XXXX XXXXX X XX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 514 |
Words | 110 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5, 1, 2 |
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