Faith Wood

I used to freeze time,
pocket the laughter and hold on to smiles
I'd have the scene carved into my eyes
so it would never leave my mind
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I'll let you lean on me like that brick wall
I'll let you put your back agaisnt me like that tall oak in the park
I'll be that friend you hold
until you can't feel a thing
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Cling to the windows
like snow, like ice,
but never like fire
Creeping up the glass
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Kepp your head high like a model, darling
Muster the confidence to strut down the catwalk
You're in the running towards becoming
America's Next Top Model
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She said, 'Hit me baby one more time'
as if it was supposed to make sense
Not that anything makes sense
these days
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You're famous for being the dial tone
and I for the consistent ringing
We are eachother's foil when push comes to shove
And that day, shove came on a little too strong,
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I got a pocket full of sincerity
and a fist full of honesty
that says the truth is hard to handle
So let's set ourselves up for breaking up
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The credits roll off the tip of your tongue
and so the curtain's close
The car grumbling to a start
as all time froze
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It’s all right.
We keep settled on the plans, never looking back,
Too indecisive to bear our own minds
Just one foot in front of the other-
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As we raise our brows with the utmost care
Toast to the couple as they grin and bear
I almost did stop and stare
at the moment they touched eachother,
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Where are you, Don Imus?
One less mistake and you'd be still surfing through
the radio waves into my ears
But you had the urge to be one step down
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Watch as the vines crawl up my back
Getting tangled in my thoughts, lost in accusations
This was never worth it, you're not coming back
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Intimidation creeps upon me
as if it is my greatest fear
It stumbles from bar to bar
searching for a fight
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Never will I let you fall,
the waves can crash down
andwe may stumble trying to catch our bearings
But our walls will still stand
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Don't question my expertise,
I'm on a mission
Crawling out when the bombs cease,
I'm without permission
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I'll get into fights with clocks
but these hands can't reach outside the box
Fists form, our stomachs grow knots
and fingers fumble over the phrases we forgot
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It was a momentary lapse of judgment,
But there you were-
Starry-eyed and sparkling like the ocean.
Your voice cracked with
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We will make our journeys together, but apart
This is not where we end
We’ll turn around and wave, but head on our own tracks,
Knowing our limits are endless
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It’s been three long days of endless rain
And I’m tired of the drops
Fogging up my vision-
A vision of hope and nights smiling effortlessly
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You're a gift from God,
As mighty as the sea.
The waves circling,
But I'm steady
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