Something

Say something I'm giving up on you.
I'll be the one, if you want me to.
Anywhere I would've followed you.

When i heard this song, a flood of memories rushed through my mind. Of midnight calls and long text messages. Of unbearable silences and the feeling of being on edge. Of the constricting feeling in your chest and the turbulent emotions swirling throughout your mind, body and soul.

You'd give up yourself, who you are, your very being, because you love them so much that you want to be the one. Their one and only. Nothing else matters because how else can you feel so strongly, so intensely, for them? Emotions don't lie. They can be misguided and manipulated, but what you feel is real. They tell you the truth that you don't want to listen to.

And you'd follow them to the ends of the earth. Because to lose them is like to lose a part of yourself. And that's unbearable. But when they don't feel the same way?

You feel unimportant, unwanted. Your world crashes and the change seems so sudden. It becomes a situation where you have no control over. You think back to all the times where you took them for granted and curse yourself for it. You look upon the little things that they did and wonder why didn't you appreciate them more...

Eventually, you know that you're fighting a losing battle. You can't convince the other person. You can't make them change how they feel. Heck, do you even want to? Because that wouldn't mean free will. You want them to love you of their own accord, not because you managed to convince them.

So you finally accept the situation. The one you love just doesn't feel the same. It's time for you to say goodbye.




When you want them to say something to stop you...because you want them to want to stop you.
"Say something..."