I've played your games.
The last move remains
And it's something everyone knows no one wants to do.
How do we end this and go our separate ways without really losing each other?
Because this piece of me that loves you refuses to let go.
And I've seen this game end in only the same way.
Again and again.
I've always picked up the pieces, and you've always come back to play.
You cheated, you lied, and caused only pain.
There wasn't love here.
Telling myself I wouldn't do this all over again.
How many times those words I repeated.
They've never been carried through.
So here we sit at this game of chess.
I'm moving my piece and it's check mate.

Have you ever wanted to stop time?
Do you think about it every day?
You see there's this moment that I wish I could just freeze.
When everything is quiet and it's just you and me.
You're holding me close and everything just becomes serene.
You're smiling I can feel it, your hands I can feel against my back, your head right next to mine and while I bury my head in your shoulder.
Please tell me you don't mind if I just stay here a little longer.
Because this heart has never once fluttered so violently.
As if it were to leap out of my chest and make a home next to yours.
I want this feeling to stay, but time always continues.
It's something we always keep track of.
But I just have to ask.
Can we get rid of the hands on the clock?
That way we'll never be able to tell the end from the beginning.

Close the windows,
Shut the blinds,
Lock the doors,
Hide it all inside.
Shove it all away to a secret place;

Tune out the world so you don't hear this.
The screaming,
The crying,
The fake laughing,
The slamming of doors,
The hitting on walls.
The stomping of feet down the halls,
Every little thing that shouldn't happen in a home.

Every little detail that isn't what makes a family.
Lies behind these walls.
Trapped inside themselves in their minds.
Can we ever be free?
I only wish to forget all the memories my flesh and blood left me.

Driving myself insane throughout my mind.
Among the stars.
Where I once felt as though I'd belonged.

Have I lost my place among this vast sky?
I used to just hide,
But it soon became a home.

Do you see me?
I'll rearrange these stars to create a map.
That'll lead you to where I'm truly hiding.

Those days when we'd laugh and argue about the tiniest things. When you'd look at me with endearing eyes, and how I'd fit ever so perfectly in your arms.
Hours would become minutes. Where'd the time go?
The nights we spent under city lights just talking with our eyes.
When we'd walk so far we'd get lost in a whole new place with a different skyline.
We made the city ours within a matter of months.
The bitter air chilling my bones and you throwing your arm around me and holding me close.
To keep me warm.
I should've known you couldn't stay.
The truth spilled after the last anniversary.
The look in your eyes said things I'd wished I'd never had known. Now I'm understanding how you'd have me avoid one side of the city.
Tonight I'm staring out at the horizon of a different night.
On a different side of town.
Holding myself to keep warm.
I'm trying to keep the tears from my eyes because they cannot speak.
While yours are probably holding her gaze and telling her all the lies you'd ever told me.

Under these street lights.
Along the sidewalks.
There was a shadow
Of you.

On the bench where we'd talk
And watch the world pass us by.
Rain, Snow, or blue gray skies we'd stay.
With each other till the sun would rise.

During the nights we'd smile.
The quiet streets open for us to move along.
There wasn't words for the way we'd be.

For you were the beautiful sky and I guess I'm chasing the horizon.
How can I keep these feelings bottled within me?

Tonight I walk to our bench.
The shadow of you is fooling me.
The street lights are fading, and I'm remembering.

That there's no longer a bench,
This is no longer just a street.
It's a graveyard;

How far can I fall?
This distance that lies between us.
Fades when I just see you
In my dreams.
Where I can be free to dream a dream
Where we fall in love and our lives move together in a beautiful harmony.
The moon breathes a melody and the stars sing a beautiful tune in harmony.
I believe it was created to be for you and me.
How far can you be?
If I see you everyday
This distance isn't physical, it's emotional.
You could talk for hours,
We could do nothing
All day.
I'd never be bored and I hope you wouldn't either.
This isn't something I can ignore.
I'm falling and I'm only hoping.
You can catch me.