You took that life and then you ran away,  now I'm out to get ya but I won't be catching you today
Giving you a head start the way I was taught to do, because my mother always told me if it's love then she'll wait for you
Just figure out what it is you gotta do, I'll be right by your side whenever you're ready to

How can I ever hope to break through when I've already been broken by all the mounting proof that what I once believed was never even true?

He gave in again to savor some silver shrouded sin, and so the night was called in to begin her slow descent into the openings of his skin.

There must have been a thousand promises made over friendship and forever,  little messages of love sent to and from each other in moments I thought for sure should have taken us completely under. But we stood firm, feet planted fully in the sand with backs slanted to let the waves run up our spines so as to wash over and grant us relief from the pressure building around our minds, because we just had to prove we were stronger than the currents that tried so hard to carry us away together.

There is a tension running through my veins today. The blood inside them feels thicker than my skin, and the seals that hold it together are struggling to keep me in.

Like a ball of twine, one end held tightly by my two aching fingers while the rest falls out from the scarred valley of her palms, my mind is unraveled at the sight of a thousand dead bodies; all the people that we wanted but never let ourselves become

We remained cautious when it all started off
We hid our intentions deep down in our hearts
We drew closer with each passing day and began to see the warning signs fade away
But our old terrors were just waiting up ahead around the bend
Their dogs caught us not a hundred yards away from where we jumped the fence
They caught us red handed and said they'd never let us get away from them like that again