Speak to Me Honestly

Please, just be free with me The way that feels most true to you A little funny, a little blue But no conditions, no “ifs” to prove And please, just speak to me honestly About the things that trouble you I care for all — the way you sleep at night And every thought you had of us, too I wish you’d ask me, just once more How I have lived, where I’ve arrived What I achieved, what slipped away And what I feel when I say “us” inside I might not say it all out loud I’m scared as well — the same as you I’m a woman, and I want to stand beside you To be your strength in this strange world we move through Please, just be free with me The way that feels most true to you A little funny, a little blue But no conditions, no “ifs” to prove And please, just speak to me honestly About the things that trouble you I care for all — the way you sleep at night I think of you… In all that we go through