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The Forgiving Kind

Islème Sassi (2013)

Believe me I have tried to like you

Believe me I have tried to fit into your circle

Tell me, have I not tried so hard to please you

To play along your petty harmony

There’s a rush of blood to my head

When I think of the love

I’ve wasted, the bile I’ve tasted

I’m out the door, but not before

I’ve settled this old score

You think I’m scared but I’m not anymore

 

I hope this will cut deep

I hope I’ll always be on your mind

I hope this leaves a scar

Yes, you’re right

I am not the forgiving kind

 

Believe me I once truly loved

You deceived me

And how would I know then

You had no right

Tell me, have you not fed on my love

Aimlessly, shamelessly

There’s a rush of blood to my head

When I think of the days

When pain was all I gained from you

I’m out the door, but not before

I’ve settled this old score

 

I can’t say that I still love you

Though I know that is all you crave to hear

Wasn’t I heaven-sent not as you had planned

But still something precious to hold on to

If you had hold on to me

I would have held on to you.

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