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You ask me to run away with you.
But I don't have a runner's body, my dear.
I am too soft to turn my back on all that I have ever loved.
I am too soft to burn it all down.
I hope to rebuild.
You may have been able to protect me from all the firestorms that came before,
But I will build a world where you can be safe from rain.
Where everyone can be safe.
Don't look at me like that.
It doesn't mean I don't love you, and the stars look so beautiful here from earth.
You have always been the runner, even through all of this, you waited for me.
I always thought it was me you were running to, that it was me for you.
I stand here, offering you a second chance.
You can rebuild with me.
Nothing lasts forever.
Nothing lasts.
Just me and you
I asked you to run away with me
You said you were going back
You held out your hand, asking me to come
Just go back…
Go back to all the silence of our first home
Go back to all the heartbreak, finally face my once angelic self
Finally understand what was lost when I sauntered on down
I can’t go back, angel.
I never could. I never can.
Please don’t go where I can’t follow
Not to Heaven. Never to Heaven.
It has been a long road.
It has been a long time.
And I’d like… I’d like….
I’ve always moved too fast.
Always too fast for either of our goods
I’ve tried to slow it down for you.
I have always been a runner
But I always ran back to you
I spent my whole existence rescuing you.
Don’t make me spend the rest losing you.
Don’t tell me it's crazy.
Don’t tell me I misunderstood.
If Gabriel and Beelzebub…
We’ve known each other a long time.
Run away with me now….
…I forgive you
Don’t bother…