Withering On The Vine

from if and when by border

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I'll never ask you to leave him
if you don't you can't be mine
can't find the courage to change things
you leave me withering here on the vine
this sadness that I feel tells me that this will never be
and I've already wasted too much of my life

Why did it take me so long to find
that all our love was just a waste of time
you've gone ahead and left me behind
left here to wither on the vine

so close hurts the most
almost perfect but only almost
we both know it you said so too
it doesn't matter enough to you
this sadness that I feel tells me that this should never be
and I've already wasted too much of my life

Why did it take me so long to find
that all my love was just a waste of time
you've gone ahead and left me behind
left here to wither on the vine

this sadness tells me all that I know
this sadness tells me almost perfect is only almost

never the bride only the maid
what could have been is a crying shame
we both know it you said so too
it doesn't matter enough to you

Why did it take me so long to find
that all my love was just a waste of time
you've gone ahead and left me behind
left here to wither on the vine

this sadness tells me all that I know
this sadness tells me almost perfect is only almost

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from if and when, track released June 3, 2019

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