said it was nothing
but i filed it in my head
i'm sorry for being sorry again
don't know why you're my friend

raised in georgia
so i like to talk to my neighbor
but out here no one wants to talk

so neither should i or so i thought

i forget where i come from
in fact i tend to minimalize it
like maybe i can walk it off

like something about it is weird or wrong

but i've been in the city for 7 years
and i still wanna talk
but i have more hands than friends

and wishes too quixotic to grant

so beg my pardon
i release the burden
of wanting to share this life or be loved for who i am

it was asking too much for you to understand

it's been a week
of misery
let myself bleed
that makes me weak
and you're making a mockery
saying i dealt with this awfully
got me questioning
am i supposed to be fine

i am just checking

cause if that's the case
what's this pain
what's this shame
take the blame
for the role you played
if you feel that way
like i should be okay
go ahead and make me fine

well what were you expecting?

i was fine before i met you
well thats a lie but i won't let you
make it seem like you made me
think that you're god lately
you were nobody's savior
narcissistic in nature
but credit where it's due
all thanks to you
i feel violated without even trying
desecrated my mind

hope you wake up to these words
and try not to be sick
go through your whole day
feeling like complete ****
that the message reaches to you
and you hate that it does
that you can barely manage
to keep from throwing up
hope you realize what you've done
and it makes you feel afraid
so stressed
that you're hunched over in pain
about to *****
from the memories in your brain
then maybe you've had a taste
of my life in the wake
of your indecision
and plans to keep me lost
impossibly dizzy
trying to understand your thoughts

oh
you wanna know
wanna see
wanna taste
wanna breathe
want everything
you do

take
what doesn't break
lie if you must
in the name
of love
ask for too much
you do

here's everything i have
if it makes you feel okay
so what if i feel bad
if you make your great escape

it's always gonna be something with me
at least that's how it feels
why can't i get over myself
it can't possibly be that hard to heal
first i want loyalty
but that's asking too much
how dare i have expectations
who even gives a ****
then i want patience
and love and support
it's silly to think
i want for even more
i am dying to be consoled
and to look into someone's eyes
and believe them when they say i'm not horrid
rather than expecting it all to be a lie

so the world says ******* to me
for wishing with all my heart
it took a bond i cherished
and shredded it apart

now i'm even needier
i barely even function
every memory stings
it takes an ocean of tears to numb them
the act of betrayal is so severe
i shut down on sight
i need you to be who i thought you were
i need it to be a lie
i need i need i need i need
i need to come to terms
it's all wrong, change it back
but that's just not how it works

i need an explanation
what did i do wrong
tell me what i can fix
show me how to move on
you seem fine
you dont look back
you're happy without me
you never crack
that positivity of yours
is omnipresent
i thought you would miss me
or at least regret it

i need to yell at you
i need to make you understand
how this all boils down
to me questioning who i am
am i a friend
am i the enemy
will i lash out
will i show sympathy
i don't know
i never thought it'd come to this
i trusted you
so i guess it's what i get

i need a sorry
i need to hear the catch in your voice
i need to know you didn't mean it
hear you acknowledge that you made the wrong choice
but i'm afraid i'll disclose
and you won't even blink
what if you never cared
and you never needed me
the way i need you
even in this moment
i'm attached
and everybody knows it

i got my sorry
i felt it in the way you spoke
you never meant to hurt me
you never intended to ghost
but you didn't know what to say
or how to not make it worse
you look back at what you did
and you're disgusted by your words
i know you have learned better
and that gives me peace of mind
but as relieving as this is
something still doesn't feel right

i stay up the whole night
rereading what you said
i cant believe it happened
i'm paralyzed in my bed
laying in a crumple
in a drying puddle of tears
the apology echoes off the walls of my mind
as i go back a couple years
and remember when we  first met
to when i thought you were perfect
then realizing you weren't
****** into the current
of recalling the old us
and comparing them to the new
i have changed tremendously
and i needed to learn you did too

but still when i close my eyes
i feel unstable and ugly
every little thing haunts me
i thought you could trust me
i thought i could trust you
and it's not that i don't now
i just can't shake the feeling
of self-doubt when you're around

i need a sorry
and i got it
forgiven
but not forgotten
in fact i've been haunted
by that stupid conversation
i tried to rush the process of healing
i thought i was being patient
i thought i could just go back to normal
just hug you and say hi in the halls
but i feel so ugly in my skin still
and i hate to admit i think it's your fault
i thought i could trust you
i think one day i might
for now i'm gonna try
but its gonna take some time
and i know it's just a saying
and i'm not trying to burden you with guilt
but i think i'm realizing once the trust is gone
it takes a life time to rebuild

reverse my touch
return my time
burn the words

nothing i am
can compare
to all that is hers

don't explain
or apologize
that'll make it worse

vomiting remembering
that you said
i love you first