Me

I took a walk inside my head just so I could talk to my heart It led me down so many paths of bad choices and broken dreams Finally I found what I was looking for I thought it was me. Then I woke up and realized I just wanted it to be me. But…

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Because you know me

You and I Caught in and endless circle of love and debate Every step closer to an edge we can’t see Every step closer to falling, we hold back Hot and Cold I’m here Where are you? I can see you turning away I’m here. I’m trying to reach you You’re running away from the…

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Saying… Goodbye

In the empty place Which is now my heart I wonder in years of silence waiting for you Waiting by the phone The ghost of what will never be hovers over me like deaths shadow And I wait here alone in the empty place that is now my heart A rush of panic creeps over…

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Empty space

The morning breeze rushes in as I open the window to a new day Thoughts of last night still dance in my head as if some forgotten nightmare is following me I stand here looking out the window of our dreams Thoughts and happy images frolic in the corners of my mind But I can…

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You asked me

You told me you didn’t think I knew what I wanted You told me you weren’t sure What do I want? I want to be lucky enough to wake up in the morning and find you sleeping next to me I want to see you dream and watch your chest rise and fall as you…

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Frozen

You don’t know the joy my heart feels when you’re close The measures of pain left from years of heartbreak are erased Moment by moment Hour by hour Every second looking into your eyes Full lifetimes come and pass And we are frozen

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