everything is so miserable at best
until my head is resting upon your chest
i feel the weight of it all just melt away
you're here now, so forever will you stay?
scoop me up and tell me that everything's okay
and that it always will be
been thinking about you night and day
and i always will be
you've got your grip on my heart,
but all i've got is this heart
to love you with,
so could you please cherish it?

and then there's me-
always full of nice things to say;
filled to the brim with them, actually,
because i'm not yet sure how to let them out slowly;
reminded of my loneliness by the flirtatious laughter upstairs
and there's you-
miles away,
and yet, even if you were near,
i'd still be tangled in this feeling
of being so wide awake while the world is calm
and, at the same time,
feeling so dull and blurry while everyone skips and darts around me
yearning for understanding company,
someone who feels the same
all of this is too much of a dream,
a wild fantasy that i can't imagine i'll ever completely shake,
sticking with me like i wish a human being could,
but making me feel more abandoned
than any human being ever could

drag my body out across the shoreline
stretch it thin and wash me clean
i want to know the strength of your arms wrapped around me,
my skin and bones
pulled out of the undertow
heaven knows
i've been aching for your everything,
but i'll gladly take anything
like the way your smile makes me feel
when you reflect your happiness back to me
like the sunrise over the churning sea