Maggie Rogers - Blood Ballet lyrics

Say it's not so Say your heart it wrote me letters all the time Say it sealed them up and with your breath did sign Them all away Say that your notes They were no forgery, you meant them every line Some in meter, some in verse, and some in rhyme Tell me you meant every word You could cut my knees and leave me at the door I'd still pick all your memories off our dusty floor If you'd stay Darling, just a little while Tell me how you are And I'll write a song for every feeling I can't name Like we were dancing in a f**ing blood ballet It was a ma**acre And how'd you get away 'Cause oh, good heavens we abided by the night But there are darker things than the absence of light And they still creak through our halls I would build a city out of you and me There would be crime, but still a local grocery If you'd stay Darling, just a little while