- Chelsea
You spoke with such a condescending tone like you had nothing left to say like there was nothing left to talk about at all and I'll swallow what's left of the smoke and the burning in my throat will be a reminder that everything has changed.
You faded while I blended in to every stone wall across campus. I lost touch with you and everything due to the lack of placement.
I'm trying to keep focused on everything
But the lines in your smile are misleading and I got lost in them like I get lost in every set of nice eyes.
- I Swear I'm Trying
I'm so emotional
I can't fight this feeling of helplessness.
I tried my best to keep you close
All you ever wanted was to get out of this
But your damaged limbs and broken bones couldn't carry you home
I tried and I lost
- Leeward
All my friends cut off their tongues
to protect me from the things that could destroy me. If only someone had said something
I could have saved my time and refrain from making the same mistake twice
At least I can see that you're good at pretending but you can only hold your facade for so long. I put my faith in knowing you'll amount to nothing As you continue to manage taking advantage of everyone.
All my friends cut off their tongues. So now They can't speak the truth so I feel bleak, feel empty, feel nothing.
- New Year
I'm bringing in the new year alone. Hanging by a thread by my bedside, I'm hanging on the phone. I'm waiting on a call from you or anyone at all. I spent the whole year feeling sorry for everything yet I feel nothing for you at all. You're bringing in your new year with him learning the way your hips fit in with his. Letting go of every subtle insecurity, every mental instability, to the point where I mean nothing to you anymore. I spent the whole year feeling sorry for everything yet I feel nothing for you at all. So I'll sit and stir with vision blurred and a slight slur under my tongue and in the back of my mind for a second of our time, I'll think about you and how the new year begun.
- Roots
You broke the chain in your eyes and you lost all sense of direction staring blankly at a compass. Rooted to your ignorance growing trees who's leaves fall short like self assurance, fall short like you and I know there's worse things than being alone and I know there's worse things than being alone at home but your wizened eyes have lost sight of the world and all that it could be all the you could be. You broke the chain in your eyes and you lost all sense of direction so when you find yourself in short two sided letters you can sort them out and come back home.
- Rose, Bud, Thorn
You are an artist and I am a canvas paint me with what you perceive with your eyes. A portrait in color to remember me by.
All I know is how you look so beautiful and were killing time murdering the daylight just to bring in the night.
The park lights reflecting off of your face and I wonder if you feel safe as I desperately contemplate things to say to stay interesting.
You were the only color on a map forged in grayscale and I've spent days trying to find the best routes back to you. So I drove down south to verify my feelings on this and you kept me wrapped up with every word from your mouth.
I am a poet and with these lines I'll build you a monument something that'll out live us both, something to remember you by.
- The American Spirit
Closed off and tongue tied. I never really seem to say what's on my mind. All I can ever manage to put together are lesser words and slurred lines and I can tell you're unimpressed by the look in your eyes.
A whole year spent drowning in our differences
All you longed for was attention but you never could afford it
Closed off and tongue tied. You never really seem to say what's on your mind. All you ever managed to do was take advantage of the way I felt about you. But it's safe to say that I never really cared at all.
There's a light in your eyes