Meredith Marie

And these things I start,
These petty little wars,
[I don't try. I swear I don't try.]
Are pulling me
...

Always the listener
Never the teller
Letting thoughts, words emotions
stay inside.
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I wanted you to know,
this is how I feel.
I'm sick and tired of this.
I wanted you to know,
...

Sad, sad.
Your face doesn't match your soul.
Mad, mad.
I can't stay away.
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You make them sound so horrible,
These things that I've done.
These petty wars. These little fights.
...

I want someone to whisper
Quiet, in my ear
All the things they long to say
When it's my name, they hear
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Im tired of searching for your affection,
Done with digging for your approval,
Sick of overthinking the obvious,
Over living up to your standards.
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Your mouth, the picture of silence.
Broken promises, outdated confessions,
and the secrets of a keeper.
Your mouth, it looks like unhappy
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i'd love for you to love me -
in fact, theres nothing i'd like more.
by now you've probably figured out
it's YOU these tears are for.
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you're like cheap cigars,
like open scars,
like empty arms,
you're like broken cars.
...

see, theres a second side to every story

a broken tie behind each worry
...

your absence,
a figment of my imagination?
your empty words,
a joke?
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i shouldnt have told you but i need you to know
the thoughts i keep inside,
the thoughts i cannot show.
i know i've brought havoc,
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enthusiasm
such a dreadful feeling
such a long ago emotion,
back in the day of park swings
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i miss our late night talks
but i dont know what to say
you have no idea how many times
i picked up the phone, but
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your biting back your words,
throwing back like cough medicine.
and your empty tears,
a pathetic lie
...

its taboo
you cannot speak of the new
decisions you made.
everything is careful
...

i caught a glimpse
of infinity
and hoped through tears
that you thought of me
...

your fragile innocence,
so playful and pure
scribbling sweet nothings
in deep sky temporaries
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take that, gravity
i've got you beat
my head is in the clouds
but my heart is in my feet.
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