Color all your faces red
And never close your eyes
Stare at me until I'm dead
And twist my heart inside my heart
You know that I can't love you more

You know that things can't stay this way
It's lonely alone on the floor
Don't tell me where you are today

So stay - if you think you've got a reason
But don't say it if you don't mean it
Don't go - only if you've got nothing better to do
But don't stand there laughing, let me hear the words

Your demons keep on haunting me
Because I don't know what they want from me
Either keep them all away from me
Or surrender to me somehow
A satin noose around my neck
I'm chained by your side
Still, I'm left alone to fight
The memories, the sweet memories and ghosts of you

So stay - if you think you really love me
But don't say it if you don't mean it
Don't go - only if you've got nothing better to do
But don't stand there laughing, let me hear the words

So stay - if you think you've got a reason
But don't say it if you don't mean it
Don't go - only if you've got nothing better to do
But don't stand there laughing, let me hear the words

-- The Curtain Society, "If You Don't Mean It" (November, 1988) --