her hair pulled back
she's photogenic like kodak
she's an alpha female
her power will prevail
she's fight flushed
she plays unrushed
she is femme fatale
she is us.

i spend too much time on my makeup
to let you mess up my mascara.

i dreamt of you last night
but it turned nightmare by the morning.

you spill an ocean of secrets
hoping that i can keep it for you
hold me down
and hope i won't drown

you keep asking me "what's the move"
when all i'm trying to do is make moves on you

i wish that i could get as high
as your expectations.
i guess we're both disappointed.

here for one night only

We're high enough without the drugs
So teach me how to forget you
'Cause I don't know how to forget you
Please just help me to forget you
All I want is to forget you
I swear.
Those five words buried deep within ourselves.
We paraphrase our hearts.
We summarize our feelings.
I'd never let you go because
I never loved you.
And that's the way it has to be.
The way it is.
From the last time to the first.

whipping hair and stormy blue eyes
not as innocent as she implies
child of the chaos, ruler of the skies

She grew up on the walls
She grew up in the city
Against all odds she survived
The life that she was born into
She controls the alleyways
She is the orphan of understanding
King Jr. raised her
She is the essence of everything
That is street

She is the leader of a movement
That is ruthlessly and viciously her
She is undeniably cultured
That is the way that she thrives
She thrives off of opinions
She designed to push the pavement to the limits
Malcolm X praised her
She is the essence of everything
That is judged

She is the poster child of the ignorance
Of those who refuse to see
She is distinguished for her beliefs
She is set apart by her nature
That makes her so strong
She is the tie that binds it all
Differentiation never phased her
She is the essence of everything
That is individuality

She is forever infamous
She is running out of time
She is expunged from the city
She is excluded from the pavement
She is expelled from the walls
She is extracted from the alleyways
She is excommunicated from the people
She is exiled from their compassion
She is the unfairly judged individuality of the street

I swear I hate you.
I don't love you, too.
Amen.
Beyonce to the Black Parade.
Friendships badly custom-made.
Amen.
Empty walls and a mirror.
Lies've never seemed clearer.
Amen.
Lipstick and split ends.
Broken bottles and fake friends.
Amen.
A m e n.

i promise i'll save you
from this life you're made to
take part with these people who
don't know just what they do
we're not made to win
but i'll save you
save you from you

you say that you could replace me,
and i would believe you if,
when you said it,
you could look me in the eyes.

all my friends all live in pretend
because heaven always has an end.
there are new stars in the sky
and everybody does what they like.
still, god can bless a world full of crime
so maybe he can still save mine.

on october the 26, your lips on mine tasted like malibu
that's about the only thing i know for sure about us

i only wonder if you had been raised a little different
would you love a little different now

lately, it seems like all i want to do
is get high enough to fall for you.

Let me start by saying this:
Relationships are anchors.
Sorry in advance.

I run through boys. Quick.
They just never really click.
They like the way I talk.
They like the way I walk.
The way I look.
They way I’ve shook
Them to their core.
Even then, they’re all a bore.
They don’t think I’m basic.
They know I’ll make them headsick.
They like that I don’t just fall at their feet.
They like to have to take the backseat.
Numb is beautiful, apparently.
I guess they dislike transparency.
They don’t want a girl that’s a doormat.
So, I guess, let’s run with that.
Oh, and I’m sorry is you were the last,
But sea of fish that’s waiting is vast.
Get running.

so you kicked me under and i'm six feet deep.
now i've got dirt in my eyes and blood on my jeans.

Don't make me watch you,
Falling out of love.
Watching you fight,
It makes me miserable.
Just give up already.
You've got your rings,
And it's still not real.
Just admit it,
It's over.
Sign the papers, please, and
Cut the tie that binds.
It'll set me free, too.

It is nights like these,
When I stand and look out at everything,
That I know neither moderation or mercy.
What am I to do when the stars painted on the ceiling tell me that I Control every game and every play made?
What am I to do when the neon lights on the slot machines tell me
That I am the house, and I always win?
Resistance is unbecoming,
And I can't just ignore what the they tell me.
So I slip my legs over the balcony railing,
Watching and waiting for my time.
All the while,
I feel no sympathy
And I regret no choices,
For, tonight, I do not care about mercy.
No one will be spared.

the blood in my veins
is pumped by a heart that's in chains.
i'm bound by your love,
in a world that's devoid of
every color except for you.
and i wish that i could redo
the first day that we met.
i would've stayed in until the sun set.
to stay away from you and your
relentlessly
restricting
love.

my bloodlines have turned to fault lines
because of lines drawn in the sand.

i love you more over text.
i just can't love you in person.
i love you when you don't talk.
i love it when you don't say a thing.
i only love you in the silence that fills in the gaps
of everything i'll never tell you.
you can't love someone if
you never want to talk to them.
so i guess that means i hate you

loose change and my
real name
we can say whatever
cause it's all the same

let me go.
i want to hold you close.

we need to practice shutting the hell up and calming the hell down.
either way, it's still gonna be hell, no matter what we do.
but you have to admit, it's the prettiest hell you've ever seen.

except my heart because that belongs to you
but all of you is my everything,
so i guess it's really no difference.

sometimes all it takes is for someone to do you wrong
in order to realize that you were right about them all along

you say i'm an angel.
you say that i'm good.
you see me in a way that i wish that i could.

I'll find a way to escape this, too.
Whether it takes me until the sunrise.
Whether it takes me until I'm at the end.
I find a way to circumvent your feelings.
I know you've got your heart set on love,
But I have to say, I'd really prefer your trust.

i lie if it means keeping it away from you.
i lie, on my knees, at church, in the pew.
but honestly
the only honest thing
i'm saying is that honesty
is overrated
and i fake it
until i make it
but when my world's at stake
and i can't tell how much you can take
and its weight would push you
out of my life and too

far
away

It's 11:32
I'm still waiting here for you
Made my way down city blocks
Ignoring people, kicking rocks
But you've reached the deadline
It's 11:59
And I'm still waiting.

suddenly gravity isn't just a theory or a force,
but a friend that keeps me company,
keeps me grounded,
while i watch you, weightless

free

and prone to leaving me

the pounding in my head only stops when my head is resting on your shoulder.

i'm losing friends like i'm losing sleep
apologies don't work, and neither do sheep
don't go, because i want you to stay
but don't lie to me, you're leaving someday

i wish you messed with me
and not my mind
but at least you ***** something of mine

i lock it down, can't let that go.
it can't hurt you if you just don't know.
things lose power when you say them out loud.
there are things i can't let go. guess i'm too proud.

I would say that I'm tired of being tired, but I'm really just tired of you.

I want you to know that,
After you're found drowned in the bathtub,
It's not you. It's me.
After you're found face down in your kitchen, poisoned,
It's not you. It's me.
After you're found burned alive in your backyard,
It's not you. It's me.
After you're found mauled in your Porsche,
It's not you. It's me.
Sorry babe, but I think it's time that you take a break.
It's over.

You're committed. What's your crime?
I steal hearts, but I've done no time.
You guard your heart, but don't mind mine.
You let me in and now walk the line.

The thing about time is that it doesn’t
Work for you.
Yours was bound to run out eventually.
It just happened to be sooner
Than you first expected.

we can’t play tag with time forever.
it’ll catch us soon.

sometimes i find myself
somewhere i don't know
chasing fire with coffee

i want to push the memories of last night away
too bad i've got to see your pretty face again today

I'm here.
I am no one in particular.
I am a face in a crowd.
I am charted waters.
I am covered ground.
I am blurring into the lines.
I am collapsing in on myself.
All that I have left is my name.
I am not struggling.
I am not in love.
I am not fighting.
I am not feeling.
I am nothing but a name.