[seesaw]

People are always telling us to just buck up and feel better. This song has always made me feel better.

Cry if you want to
I won't tell you not
I won't try to cheer up
I'll just be here if you want me.

It's no use in keeping a stiff upper lip
You can weep you can sleep you can loosen your grip
You can frown, you can drown, and go down with the ship
You can cry if you want to

Don't ever apologize venting your pain
It's something to me you don't need to explain
I don't need to know why, I don't think it's insane
You can cry if you want to

The windows are closed
The neighbors aren't home
If it's better with me
Than to do it alone
I'll draw all the curtains and unplug the phone
You can cry if you want to

You can stare at the ceiling and tear at your hair
Swallow your feelings and stagger and swear
You can show things and throw things and I wouldn't care
You can cry if you want to

I won't make fun of you
I won't tell anyone
I won't analyze what you do or you should've done
I won't advise you to go and have fun
You can cry if you want to

Well it's empty and ugly and terribly sad
I can't feel what you feel, but I know it feels bad
I know that's real, and it makes you so mad
You can cry

Cry if you want to, I won't tell you not to
I won't try to cheer up
I'll just be here if you want me, to be, near...you.

Holly Cole Trio

[Fuzzybear]

[Fizzyo]

Thank you seesaw, I like those words.

I get strength from the first two verses of a poem by Goethe which roughly translate as:

How come you are so sad,
When all around seems happy.
I look into your eyes,
Surely you have been crying.

So I've been alone crying,
It is my own pain.
And tears flow, oh so sweetly
And lighten my heart.

❤️