Words & Concrete

Your words fell across the page

And marched off into outer space

And here I feel just like a stranger

And your words crash down around me

Like some kind of foreign language I don’t speak-

And twenty 'til the hour turns

The whole wide world on this street is sleeping

And I’d like to get into my car and drive until the sun comes up-

And it's no use pretending that it didn’t leave a scar

And I suppose I’ll wrap it all up inside the polished smile that I wear

And laugh it off with just another joke I tell

Because I’m a good girl deep down inside

At least I’m good at knowing my lines

And I promise I won’t bleed on your doorstep anymore

And I promise to keep my heart tucked away inside my sleeve

And I promise that the sky will be blue enough tomorrow

But tonight there’s only me

And the sound of saline and silence

And the weight of words that were better left unsaid

And a girl who thought that she should have known better than this-

And I’d like to get into my car and drive until the miles burn away the years

And I promise not take up your time anymore

With silly thoughts and silly things that you’d do better to ignore-

And I promise that I’ll learn my place

And I’ll recite my lines until I can speak them in my sleep

And maybe I should have known better than to rock this boat in the first place

And maybe I should have known better than to color outside the lines

And it’s getting colder as the darkness wraps itself around me

And your words are spinning in my head

And I promise that I’ll get better at not caring

And maybe one day this heart won’t keep hanging off my sleeve

And maybe just a little salt to sear the wounds

Just a little more black to even up the blue

And I suppose I’ll wrap it all up inside the polished that I wear

And laugh it off with another joke I tell

And all this time I thought I knew you better than this

And your words fell across the page

And marched off into outer space

And I feel like stupid girl again

Some kind of naïve disaster-

And I wish I could tell you that it didn’t hurt

But it feels like this time it’s going cut deeper

And it’s no use pretending that it’s not going to leave a mark

And I should have known better

And I should have known better

And I should have known better than to speak~