If You See Me (Unplugged) | Dark Acoustic Folk

If you see me, will you leave me? Unplugged. One guitar, a voice a little unsteady. The fear under the wanting: if he sees the quiet, the want, the unfinished night, he might go. She opens the door anyway. I’m still afraid. But I’m opening the door. ——— LYRICS Don’t look too closely I’m afraid of what you’ll do I let you near the easy parts, the laugh, the light, the door I keep the rest behind my teeth like I’ve always done before I want you closer than is safe, I want your hand, your name But I have learned that being seen can make a person change If I show you the quiet, the want, the unfinished night Will you still sit beside me, or will you call it too much to hold I am not hiding to trick you I am hiding because I want you to stay If you see me, will you leave me If you see the whole of what I am If you see me, will you need me Or will you love the girl and not the woman I can give you the surface, I have practiced that well But I am tired of loving from the edge of myself If you see me… if you see me… Please don’t make me smaller just to keep you There is a room in me I rarely let anyone in It is not ruined, it is only unguarded, and that is the fear I talk too much when I’m nervous, I go quiet when I’m true I want a life that doesn’t ask me to perform it for you If I put down the charm and the night gets honest and bare Will you stay in the chair, or will you suddenly not be there I am not asking for perfect I am asking you not to run If you see me, will you leave me If you see the whole of what I am If you see me, will you need me Or will you love the girl and not the woman I can give you the surface, I have practiced that well But I am tired of loving from the edge of myself If you see me… if you see me… Please don’t make me smaller just to keep you I would rather be known and risk the ending Than be kept as a version that isn’t me But my hands still shake when I open the door Because I want you, and wanting is not a guarantee If you see me, stay anyway If you see the storm and the softness the same If you see me, don’t rename me Don’t ask for the girl who was easier to save I will show you the quiet, I will show you the want I will not disappear just to keep you calm If you see me… if you see me… Then see me, and don’t leave. I’m still afraid But I’m opening the door ——— #IfYouSeeMe #unplugged #darkfolk #Jessina