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          why can't we erase

                    all the time we waste >

what happened to innocence? 

life is just a game of dollar$ & ¢ents 

& it's not making ******* sense

AVOID EYE-CONTACT

        / don't blink /

you don't wanna know what THEY might think

make sure your movements stay in-sync

                            * * *

   be sure not to draw any attention

     ignore the subtle apprehension

that you may be in an alternate dimension

                              * * *

       don't let your lips move while you speak

wipe off your tear-stained cheek

        don't let THEM think you're weak

just pretend you’re playing hide-and-seek

 

but don’t let them find you

& make sure you’re hidden from THEIR view

you don’t wanna get lost for good, *do you?

"places near you..."

faces near you?

     stop pretending

          that they can't hear you...

you're in clear view

& they're following you too

getting older,

     growing colder

keep pretending

     you don't know her...

always giving each other

                                      the cold shoulder

                       yet you just let it smolder

         because she's only a placeholder

     but don't forget you never told her


 

she's just another back-burner friend

watching you cut off loose ends

like it’s the latest trend

 

     & if you lose her

          *it'll be like you never knew her

here we lie
side by side,
wasting time
you & I,
keeping everything bottled up inside
just to avoid saying  
what's really on our minds,
I just wanna go back in time
when everything was fine

before everything got so ****** up
back when everything was un-******  
but **** happens, & we fight
so please just shut-up
I wanna kiss & make-up, tonight

wasted time waiting...
alone, by the phone
for a message that won't come

apology arrival, cancelled
cellular network, disconnected
forgiveness, intercepted
affection, rejected...

               *I wanna be so numb  
     that I can't feel my feelings anymore
     I wanna scream so loud I lose my voice
     so I won't annoy you anymore
     it's not like I had anything to say
               have a nice day
     thanks for nothing anyway