The world doesn't understand
Poetry isn't for eyes to see-
It's not to be deciphered by the masses
But for the heart to feel
Don't pick it apart like a puzzle
Because in pieces there's nothing to be
You need to view it as a while
Because the emotions packed between the pieces
Are just as painfully real

The shooting stars are falling and the pocket full of stars had a leak
And any kind of lullaby gives me night terrors when I sleep
Times up: game's over and this is how it ends
Remember when you didn't want to be just friends?
You never were one for basic lyrics and cliches
But I guess some stanzas just end up that way
I'm sorry to say I don't believe in magic anymore
Because it's all just a hoax
Put on by small men in dark cloaks
You know we both made mistakes and that's okay
But keeping this to yourself definitely takes the cake
You know there's a reason my head usually says no
Because you were a bad idea and for heaven's sake, I should've known
You know I had no idea what you were going to say
But it still came out of your mouth anyway
Sometimes love is stupid and I wasn't the one
I guess I should have known that but now you're in on the fun

I shuffle through old drawings like old friends
As bits of a crumbling rose falls to the blue sheets to meet an end
The flowers are falling apart and the ribbons coming undone
This might have been a year in the making but I didn't expect this from anyone
So are the pictures worth the lies and the lies worth the pain?
I guess I'll bury them back in the box anyway
How could it have been "real" when all you wrote were words
And looking back it was all paragraphs that I never really heard
Where did the game go when someone rewrote the rules
Where no one can win and no one can lose
I just don't understand and I guess that's okay
Because it's not like anything meant anything anyway
I guess I'm just bad at reading between the lines
And everything will be as "real" as it is "fine"

The music was on and the windows were down
The sun was shining on your face as we drove around
And we almost hit a couple seagulls and we were a little too loud
But other times it was okay to not make a sound
We stopped at Target since you missed your dad's birthday
So much for being a "responsible adult" and everything
And then you cracked a smile worth writing about and turned the wrong way
And even now I have nothing to say
But whenever I turn around I expect you to be there
And whenever I walk though Target I think of you in a bow tie and suspenders
And when someone calls out from the kitchen I imagine it's your voice
And then I accept that it's not since I don't really have a choice
Because someone put their stamp on you, babe you're spoken for
But whenever I think of you, I'll always think of a red bow tie in a superstore

Mascara stains on my bedroom door
Slumped on the back
Laying on the floor
Sometimes I don't even know what for
Broken with tears streaming down my face
So I'll grab my keys and drive to your place
Knock on the door, I wonder what you'll say
Maybe just tell me to go away
Oh dear god just hold me close
Hold be once before you go
Kiss me once so that I'll know
I never needed your affection
I never needed your roses

There's a knock, knock, knock on your bedroom door
We both know that it's her
So you jump up fast and I'm on the floor
I knew this was a mistake
Oh and I know what I did it for
So I jump, jump, jump out the window now
I don't know when and I don't know how
But then I woke up cause the music's too loud
There's still stains on my door
And I'm still laying on the floor
Only now I'm crying more than before
Because you were just a piece of dreamland lore
So I'll hush, hush now
And then go to sleep
Maybe, just maybe
You're dreaming of me