i threw away everything i knew
and learned how to be alone
alone
and yet! i still remember you
and how it felt to be
part of one
i rose up away from all i was
turn out!
cry out!
my worn smile means nothing anymore
to echo, to break
to lie.
when you left you said you loved me
(even though your eyes were weak) you didn't mean a thing
your i's drawn out-- and your lips the pallid shade
of dissonance or moving on
and i won't change, and i won't move
to make space for you or your new ways
(i promise you)
i will change, i'll step aside
i promised you.
but who were you? to take from me
the lie i'd built, the lie i'd lead
and in your arms (or not within)
i'm burning out! i'm crying out!
so this all meant nothing?
my arm rests
all forlorn
empty your glass
drown my sorrows with yours
driving too fast
candles mark a hairpin corner
crush my down
fill my cup of anger
when you're around
i find and break the exits
nothing has meaning and everyone's lost
my compass is broken
hit me, i'm reeling, your knuckles are bloody
it's dying, you're fading, we're all superceding
steel yourself: the worst has yet to come
on friday night when your world came crashing
down
don't accept it: you must deny it!
what you know can hurt you
so don't let me know you
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