[00:15.589]You're quick to respond[00:18.081]If it's a matter of hinderance[00:20.373]I've checked upon the past,[00:21.643]It's there and it's evident[00:23.917]That if it's not about to carry[00:26.171]A bundle of guilt[00:27.453]Then it's a bad thing[00:29.452]To say to me[00:31.113]I can't imagine[00:32.794]That you're favoring[00:34.791]Authenticity[00:37.378]So you say you're gonna[00:40.890]So you say you're gonna“save me”?[00:44.337]Go to the light and help me be seen?[00:47.624]But I never wanted you to fix me[00:51.171]Cause this was more for you[00:53.110]Not what I wanted to do[00:54.862]But you keep saying that you'll“save me”[00:58.123]An empty promise just passes by[01:01.811]And I know you hate to see me cry[01:07.694]Why does it have to be a bad thing?[01:22.948]You only respond so you can make amends[01:26.078]For the moment[01:27.867]The stakes for you solely surrounded[01:34.487]By pity[01:37.237]So you say you're gonna“save me”?[01:40.668]Go to the light and help me be seen?[01:44.041]But I never wanted you to fix me[01:47.982]Cause this was more for you[01:49.523]Not what I wanted to do[01:51.273]But you keep saying that you'll“save me”[01:54.812]An empty promise just passes by[01:58.584]And I know you hate to see me cry[02:04.343]Why does it have to be a bad thing?[02:21.662]Driven out of fidelity[02:23.428]Through guilt[02:25.217]It was out of the picture as soon[02:28.477]As you expected for capes and a toolbox[02:32.864]To fix you.[02:35.900]Is a promise[02:36.393]Still empty if your[02:39.465]Reciprocity's present in small ways?[02:43.914]Yes[03:15.990]So you say you're gonna“save me”?[03:19.358]Go to the light and help me be seen?[03:22.900]But I never wanted you to fix me[03:26.440]Cause this was more for you[03:28.226]Not what I wanted to do[03:30.028]But you keep saying that you'll“save me”[03:33.268]An empty promise just passes by[03:37.329]And I know you hate to see me cry[03:42.891]Why does it have to be a bad thing?[03:51.908]A clearly vapid attempt to make amends,[03:55.091]Coming off more as pity rather than a genuine plea for forgiveness[03:59.276]Inevitably condescending and pointless,[04:02.281]All in a shallow endeavor to absolve one's self of guilt[04:05.882]Episodic bursts of kindness and charity don't free one from culpability[04:10.741]Forgiveness is not owed[04:12.746]Forgiveness is earned