No Guarantees - David Vertesi

I feel it creeping in

The slightest impression

Your keynote confession was

Not quite as innocent

As you had suggested

And now I have question left

Lonely and lingering

On what could have been

There are no guarantees

Sometimes it’s all for nothing but the memories

Now we’re both refugees

Running from something we never wanted to leave

Traced to its origin

Our war of attrition

Has kept us from living

It bound us beneath our skin

Wrapped with a ribbon

Soft yet sufficient

Never a second guess

Or hope for some recompense

There are no guarantees

Your love won’t turn from passion into pleasantries

Make a nightmare of your fantasies

Til you’re running from someone you never wanted to leave

There is no in between

We’d both be better off as enemies

At least agreeing to disagree

We’re all running from something

There are no guarantees

Sometimes it’s all for nothing but the memories

Now we’re both refugees

Running from something we never wanted to leave

There are no guarantees

Your love won’t turn from passion to pleasantries

Make a nightmare of your fantasies

Til you’re running from something

Til you’re running from someone you never wanted to leave