I used to hope you'd bring me flowers
But now I grow my own
I've grown a whole garden now
Waiting for you to come back home
I used to hope you'd bring me flowers
But I'm no longer naive
My garden has since died
You're no longer someone I believe
I used to hope you'd bring me flowers
But my dear I should've known
That all my hoping would do
Is make me realize I'm alone
I used to hope you'd bring me flowers
I'd hoped you'd love me too
But those flowers never came
And my dear neither did you

Give me fiction
Give me lies like never before
Cause lately
I've been wanting more
The truth is overrated
Its overrun
But most of all
Its overdone
So give me fiction
Spin me a wonderful
Web of lies
Make them meaningful
Don't be real
Please make it fake
Cause the truth
Makes my heart ache
So give me fiction
A beautiful tale
Trick me into thinking
We will never fail
Give me fiction
Give me lies like never before
Cause lately dear
I've been wanting more

I loved you as Icarus loved the sun,
Dangerously, too hot, and too close.
And so I fell into the sea.
You lured me out
With your siren's song,
Till I fell again, this time into love.
I loved you as Samson loved Delilah,
Wildly, blindly, and openly.
And so I fell, among my hair, to the kitchen floor.
You picked me up, just by the heel,
And left it open to Cupid's arrow,
Till I fell again, on a battlefield caused by love.
I loved you as only I could,
Dangerously, blindly, and freely,
And so I knew you'd be my downfall.

I never realized just how many moments we had
Till I drove around our little town without you.
There were ghosts of you on every street corner
And phantom kisses on my lips.
Your voice played in my head like our songs had.
I can't forget all the beautiful moments
In every desolate corner of this town.
Every word, kiss, and every single touch
Is burned, deeply, in my mind.
So I'll leave pieces of it behind,
On each street corner, with your ghosts.
It's easier that way, for us both.

There's something about you,
Like a Vonnegut tale,
A beautiful thing
With odd little quirks
Around every corner
And in every page.
A glowing light
That sometimes flickers
To black.
There's something about you,
My dear,
That's just out of reach.
So it goes.

This is my requiem for you,
The newspaper airplane soaring
Round my heart and head.
This is my requiem for you,
The silent dream
Just out of reach.
This is my requiem for you,
The rain
That won't stop falling.
This is my requiem for you,
The only one
I'll ever need.
My upper,
My unattainable red dress,
My pure,
My rush.
This is my requiem for you,
My dear,
For my dream.

Make it easy,
Say I never mattered.
Scream it through a loudspeaker
So the whole world hears,
And write it on your arms
So that you won't forget.
Make it easy,
Say it was a fling.
Erase the "I love you"s
So that they never show
And sweep our memories under the couch
On which we once were intertwined.
Make it easy,
Say it was a lie.
Run it up the flagpole
So you feel good inside.
Make it easy,
My dear,
And please,
Make it quick.

You've made your home
Squeezed, tightly, between my lungs
That are filled with
The smell of you.
You remain, unspoiled,
In my stomach
Floating, happily,
With the butterflies you bought me.
And you hide in the eyes
That scanned every inch of you
While filled with desire.
Here you'll stay,
Tucked away in my nostalgia.

You've been the preacher
Baby I've been your pulpit
You've been my teacher
On just how to take a hit
I fall for you
You say you love me this amount
But its never true
You broke my heart way more times than I can count
So I'm moving on
I'm finally quitting you
I wrote this song
Just to tell you I am through
Now I'll fix my make up
And go out on the town
Its just a break up
I don't need you around
But you're a master
At heart manipulation
So its a disaster
To try and end this relationship
Baby you're my vice
I always crawl back to you
Its my pride I sacrifice
When I lie and say we're through

You make me forget
When our fingers intertwine
Your lips erase
All my troubles when they touch mine
You make me forget
When you hold me in your arms
Your touch pushes
All the fears from my mind
You make me forget,
My dear,
And for that
I couldn't be happier

I'm sniffing memories like glue
Hoping that the trip
Will lead me back to you.
When you made my heart skip
When you made it beat fast
When, together, we would strip.
I always thought our love would last
I never thought we'd part
But now its in the past.
When you left you took my heart
You left me all alone
So now with this glue I'll start.
This trip is like going home
Cause now I'm back with you,
Back in the arms that were my abode.
These trips are why I love this glue
I've missed our love, my dear
And these memories are all I have to lead me back to you.

I think you're hard to get over
I think you could still be mine
I think you're a super nova
I think you make the world shine
I think you're made of stardust
I think you know that you are
I think that love might destroy us
I think that you're near yet so far
I think you know that you're perfect
I think you know that I'm hooked
I think if you left I'd be heart wrecked
I think you can't be overlooked
I think I'll love you forever
I think you've stolen my heart
I think I'll follow you wherever
I think we should never part
I think you know that I love you
I think you might just be scared
I think you might love me too
I think this love might be shared

Ever since you left
I only shoot up with memories of you
They're the only thing
That I have left of you
You have set your mind
On keeping my eyes
Always looking behind
Searching for you
Ever since you left
You haven't let me forget
That beautiful night
When our lips first met
You have set your heart
On making sure
That are always a part
Of this heart that beat for you
Ever since you left
I only shoot up with memories of you
They're the only thing
That keep me coming back to you
You have set your mind
On me searching
But never being able to find
Someone as good as you
And my dear
You've won