Sinner by Merival

if I knew you I'd make you the best thing I can with my hands
if I knew you I'd write you a song with fewer words
and if I was alone
if I was free
I'd give you the time that I have

but I'll leave it and leave it and leave it
and I'll see you around sometime
will you know that there's something on my side?
I need you to know but I can't say

I've settled with someone above me
and god damn I'm trying to be good
the love that I thought I would never deserve
cause I'm too difficult
he knows I have problems and I can't sit still without
crashing and burning
and crying and turning our world upside down
cause I'm scared, I'm so scared


so I'm sitting here thinking about you
and I feel like a sinner
cause I love what I have but I want it all
in my greed and my childishness
and he'll stick by me but I'll hurt him
and I'll hold both my hands to his chest

and I won't let you know
I'll be safe and go home
and I won't lose a thing
and I'll sleep without dreams
he will cry in the night
we'll let time make it right
and we'll go on
we'll go on

• Anna Horvath
• Folk
• Merival
• Michael Peter Olsen
• acoustic
• alternative
• dramatic
• emotional
• folk
• indie
• indie rock
• strings
• Toronto