clutch you tighter in my hands,
cause you're the only thing i've got
run my fingers down your spine
to remind you if you forgot
we've got a deal, you and me
you take me to the deepest parts of the sea
and i take you to my black and white reality
i'll hold your paper hands and walk you down every hall
and you'll take me with you should adventure ever call
and when you break my heart with your unchanging words
i'll only hold you through the night until we hear the morning birds
i promise i'll hide to you in my coat if ever it should rain
if you only promise to save me from my cold, distant pain
i beg of you to save me and never leave me alone
for you are beautiful and mysterious as a glimmering moonstone
i am only a girl who simply must know your story
so i'll give you my love and life for only a glimpse your glory
if you must,
give me ink stained fingers and bloodless paper cuts.
i'll carry you to the end of my story
any when you lay with the others who saved me,
know you brought me out of hellish purgatory
you will outlive me and every other life
and though you've dried every tear, and gone through me with a word sharpened knife,
i'll love you and remember you long after we have said goodbye.
and after i am gone, and you collect dust on my shelf,
know that you will save many other lives, for you have frozen time itself.