know

she said "lately, it's been an interesting string
the line between where we started and what you still sing,"
i am forever yours, you know you know you know
and somehow i’m gone

she said "greatly, i've been quite the spoiled one
smiling at how i know i decide when all this will be done"
i am forever yours, you know you know you know
but i'm already gone

she said "i am uptight and wonderful like you've known
i'm nothing more than the beautiful disaster i've always shown”
i am forever yours, i know i know i know no i know
and i still can't breathe

she said "sorry’s don't hold up to the offenses they defend
but suffice a hunger for words that cripples more than it mends
i was never yours, i think you knew, i know you know”
but i still believe

fear and trust

remember
just for a few minutes
passion and trust
december
and both of us, trapped
with fear and lust

put it away for now
but don't misplace it
take care of it for tomorrow
like you do for your heart

and forever
felt just out of reach
for our minor roles
but december
could bring us together
except no one knows

i remember the day it ended
yes the day it didn't even start
i watched you walk into tomorrow
and the way you carried your heart
forever remember december
for it's passion and lust
forever remember december
for what it did to us

forgiven me

the stains i've grown to love and hate
still feel as fresh tonight as they ever did
as i'm trying to resurrect the stories
with the hand that is lying next to them
flush as they watch me grow hoary

and i know you've never forgiven me
because some how i will never forget
the bottles you've helped me empty
the passion i can finally neglect

excuse me if i'm still the only one
in this room who has the right to yell
obscenities and predictions of fate
regarding the parents and guardians
of these stains i swear i still hate

ruined

you sounded so good on the phone today
so i just built these scenes around you again
constructions of where i wanted stand
solid but fake and easily broken too
you're perfect from far far away from me
and while i'm holding on you crumble up inside

i see you staring back at me
i see you watching me
as you slip through my hands
i see you watching me

now i'm grinning like a jealous lover would be
gripping things to see how hard i can squeeze
and relying on all these fucked up dreams
you still rip out of the deepest parts of me
i don't know if i want to remember anything still
but i'm trying to remember the smell of your skin

all these shirts you've ruined
all these days i've died
all the melted summer nights
all the different tastes i've tried
and you still hold on
all these different times i've lied
i just want to believe

i see you staring back at me
i see you watching me
as you slip through my hands
i see you watching me

hold on

all this chaotic innocence
these wings i'm not used to
these things i'm not used to
i'll just try them on for a while
could they ever rescue me

i'm facing this power of choice
doing what i want tonight
or listening to the solemn voice
in my head
"hold on, just give it some time
no hold on, and give it some time"

but i could rush right back in
she's unexpected, some kind of jem
these things i'm not used to
she brings what i'm not used to
could it ever rescue me now

i'm facing this challenge of choice
just do what i want tonight
or listen closely to this solemn voice
in my head
"and hold on, give it some time
just hold on, just a little more time"

squeeze

when you leave me
just wrap your hands around me
but don't squeeze
just let me know you're there
so when i'm free
i will find a way to kiss again
and still breathe
just to let you know i'm there

you say you're sorry now
but what about tomorrow
is it too far away to touch
you say you're sorry now
but not about tomorrow
because it's just too much

when i forget the
parting glances, the second chances
i can't regret all
the times i took them for granted
now i'm running
through the moments i've kept you in
you're so stunning
in every memory that you walk away

you say you're sorry now
but what about tomorrow
is it too far away to touch
you say you're sorry now
but not about tomorrow
because it's just too much

how flawless you seem from far away
tomorrow just looks like yesterday
don't go now, just stay
how rigid you've grown from day to day
i just want to see you like yesterday
don't go now, i'll stay

you say you're sorry now
but what about tomorrow
is it too far away to touch
is it just too far to touch

slowly

i miss the way your voice cracks
when you start to scream at me
i could hold on to all your possibilities
when you drive them through me

i'm coming on to you slowly
just like death
i want to take every part of you
with me
your last breath

i tried to carry all this weight
my shoulders are strong but too thin
you couldn't find it there to wait
or in you to try it in two trips

i'm coming on to you slowly
just like death
i want to take every part of you
with me
your last breath

i feel the pulse slow down
i feel the grip release
i see the pale look of silence
when i scream please
i don't want to remember
i don't want to remember
that i can wait forever

sing me love

you walked in and stared at me
crying "please forgive me, please"
cause you knew i would, you knew
yes i've got enough pride to swallow
but i know you i can't follow

i apologize for not living up to it
ideas of who you could walk over
cause i know you did, i know
but i have what it takes this time
to just smile and sing to you

a little bit of something's left
even if that's true i have to go
cause everyone knows, we know
sing me love, sing me loss
sing me everything that i'll let go

that i'll let go
that i'll let go
sing me love, sing me loss
sing me everything that i let go
that i just let go