You visit my dreams every night
You visit them to watch me

Always a shadow
Always in the side-lines
Standing in the crowd
On tiptoes your fingers in your mouth

Watching me beat my opponents
Bounce around the ring
I was never one for softness but I'm harsher now

I didn’t want to tell you I noticed you
I knew how you would
In your time
Come to me

I knew what you would say
And I wasn’t sure I was ready for it
I don't think I'll ever be

Tonight though
You’re ready, aren’t you
I recognize that look in your eyes
The one that has long since faded in mine

I wipe the blood and sweat off my face and smile wide with all my teeth
Whats left out them
And you grimace
You can tell it's fake

You hug me, and I tear up
Almost

There’s only one thing I must I say
You know it, and I know it
I miss being you

You stall
A Beat a moment a butterfly's wing

Unsure if you want to be honest
But maybe I’ve influenced you too

Because you say it

You say it slowly

With regret marring you face
With dread drying like the blood on my mine
With sadness reflected in your eyes
My eyes reflect yours

And you say it
You say it
Not as much as I regret becoming you