Very Temporary - Bob Mould

If you want it to be, you’ve got to stand here by me

But if you wanted to leave, go on and make yourself free

If you want me to plead, you see me down on my knees

You can do as you like, but do you know where it leads?

When I wake from my sleep, outside my window I see

A little robin that sings a little sonnet for me

And every morning, I feel just like that bird in that tree

I’d build a nest out of weeds, but would you share it with me?

This is very temporary, but I can’t do without having you around

If it’s very temporary, tell me now

Just to please you I’d blow my brains out, this is it

Cut my heart out with a razor now

You’re the one in my dreams, how can I make you believe

It’s all that I want, it’s all that I want

Now I’m lonely, it’s the yearning

You infiltrate my thoughts and places in my home

This is very temporary, I know that’s all you want

I know I know

You’re the reason I keep breathing and I’ll give up the fight if you go

Cut my heart out with a razor now