The Living Centrifuge

Cry if you want to
I won't tell you not to
I won't try to cheer you up
I'll just be here if you want me

There's no use in keeping a stiff upper lip
you can weep you can sleep you can loosen your grip
you can frown you can drown and go down with the ship
you can cry if you want to

Don't ever apologise venting your pain
it's something to me you don't need to explain
I don't need to know why I don't think it's insane
you can cry if you want to

The windows are closed the neighbours aren't home
if it's better with me than to do it alone
I'll draw all the curtains and unplug the phone
you can cry if you want to

You can stare at the ceiling and tear at your hair
swallow your feelings and stagger and swear
you can show thing and throw things and I wouldn't care
you can cry if you want to

I won't make fun of you I won't tell anyone
I won't analyse what you do or you should have done
I won't advise you to go and have fun
you can cry if you want to

Well it's empty and ugly and terribly sad
I can't feel what you feel but I know it feels bad
I know that it's real and it makes you so mad
you can cry

Cry if you want to
I won't tell you not to
I won't try to cheer you up
I'll just be here if you want me
to be
near you.