Don't Take it Personally

This isn't about you
so don't take it personally
It's about me and I have
no other way to take it
Coming apart is never easy

But there's an obligation to loving
even though I told you otherwise
How many times?
Times enough I'm sure
but I hadn't thought it through

Nothing lately but time to think
Time to walk and have those
experimental conversations
trying everything on for size
to see what fits

Looking bullshit in the face
Mine, not yours
so don't take it personally
Turning over obligation
like a shiny stone

I think that one who loves another
has a single obligation
A simple one, as most things are simple
Not to cause too much pain
The rest all settles out from that

So leaving you comes down to this
The price of loving you is too much pain
and I'm dead flat broke
The cost of loving me was never very high
but your pockets were empty too