Can't Make You Stay

When your eyes lose that shimmer

When you no longer look for me to hold

I stand in the corner

I stand there all alone

When you walk around in circles

When you open your mouth to speak

I listen to your every word...but..

I am afraid to speak

When you grab all of your belongings

When you tell me you can't do this anymore

I shield myself from the hurt

I shield myself from being alone

There are many things I could do

There are many things I could say

But what I know for certain

Is I can't make you stay

For your feet are not here planted

For your mind is made up as you speak

I can't do anything about it

Obviously you don't like what you see

I can speak to an entire nation

I can make them feel my words

But to you I am nothing

To you my words are so cold

I could do so many things

There are so many things I could be

But I know I can't make you stay

If you are determined to leave