Regina Spektor The Sword & the Pen song lyrics

Don't let me get out of this kiss, don't let me say what I say

The things that scare us today, what if they happen someday?

Don't let me out of your arms for now

What if the sword kills the pen? what if the God kills the man?

And if He does it with love, well, then it's death from above

And death from above is still a death

I don't want to live without you, I don't want to live without you

I don't want to live, I don't want to live without you

I don't want to live, I don't want to live without you

For those who still can recall, the desperate colors of fall

The sweet caresses of May, only in poems remain

No one recites them these days for the shame

So what if nothing is safe, so what if no one is saved

No matter how sweet, no matter how brave

What if each to his own lonely grave?

I don't want to live without you, I don't want to live without you

I don't want to live, I don't want to live without you

I don't want to live, I don't want to live without you

I don't want to live, I don't want to live without you

I don't want to live, I don't want to live without you