Keep Your Distance

I won't let you close
from there I can do you harm
I won't let you close
I'll just fall apart
without your love
as a balm for my heart

I'll just keep you there
an arms length away
till I trust myself
not to betray

I'm a bad investment
a risk I won't allow to you
though, if I could,
you know I would be true

I would not leave you
not of my own free will
but of my own situation
my control is nil.

I love you so much
that you should never doubt
but since I love you so
you will have to do without