I could play it over a thousand times
and still, nothing would become of it
because you are you
and I am me
nothing more than late night flirting to tie us.

So why, when I think of the sweet words
and the promises of the time we'll spend
arms and legs tangled
my head resting on your shoulder
do I become faint-hearted?

A message that was not meant for me
had been delivered anyway
and now I hear nothing but guilty silence
coming from where I once heard
booming cries of "I want you."

I laid my strung out heart down
to a night of slumber for my drained and tired brain
only to find in the surreal world of my mind
a feeling of a different kind
a twist of emotion or a love-drenched notion
reminding me that feelings come and go
but once a lover, always a lover

I hope I never get my hopes up again

drugs never touched my life until you did
you hypocritically denied me the right to take a little orange pill
while your pupils shone wide
bright black discs
you can't tell me what to do
down the hatch and away into wonderland
I wore the pink glasses timidly
so you wouldn't be able to tell that now
my pupils matched yours in size
*I love you