No Promises

You hate it when I dodge the point, so here's the part, I hide I say "no promises" because I've watched too many futures die Too many men with perfect plans, too many ghosts in tailored lies Too many times I kept my heart somewhere no bullet could find Then you walked through every lock I built And made surviving feel like more than that No promises, Shepard That's what I always say No promises, just steady hands And one more borrowed day But if the end is waiting Let me fail at being stone I'll make one promise now: If you hear me through the fire You are not going alone I should have told you in the safe house what guilt still does to me How close I came to turning love into another kind of cage The chip, the fear, the need for control, the father in my veins You forgave what I still couldn't name So take this from the woman Who never wanted "attached" I love you more than all the exits And I want you to come back No promises, Shepard Except this one tonight When the world tries to unmake you Follow my voice, hold on, fight And if tomorrow finds us breathing I'll stop pretending I don't need you No promises, Shepard Just one I mean