"You know what's just as addictive and twice as expensive as a line of coke?"
You slip out of my vision like a fallen credit card.
Your eyes touching my thigh and
your nose a smoke carton's width away from the coffee table
"Two lines of coke."

in another world
there would have been a you and me
and we would have fought
the way we do in this world
but in that world
instead of ending in solemn, silent goodbyes
the fighting
ends
in
kisses

i remember that you liked dodge
and that you thought my chevy was dumb
but i never really cared about cars
so i never really paid attention
and i think you thought that maybe i didn't care
about what you preferred
i remember that you said that when you were little
you said you wanted to marry the little mermaid
and since i'm not a lot like her
i never really said anything about it
and maybe you thought that
i didn't care
i remember when you said you wanted to travel the world
and join the peace corps for a few months
and it upset me because
i missed you all the time
as it was
and i got more than a little upset
and maybe you thought
that i wanted to control you
i remember when you told me
your dream was to be in a band
but composing would be your back up
and i got so scared
and the fear led to hurt
and anger
maybe you thought that i didn't want you to be happy
maybe you thought that i was trying to turn you into
something you weren't
but i wasn't
i swear
you left to make a life on your own
one that you could be happy with
since you thought i didn't care
about what you wanted
and that i didn't remember
the little things about you
but i do
i want to be your little mermaid
traveling the oceans with you
and the land too
on feet made of gold
while we make music together
with our laughter
you stopped believing in me
thinking that i stopped believing in you
but
i do believe
i do care
i do remember

To God I will pray that you'll remain the same
Through the dust and empty wind of desolate heartbreak
Darling, just remember neither of us is to blame
I remember when you went away, shrouded in shame
Just a scared little boy lost in one big mistake
And to God I will pray that you'll remain the same
Handsome dark locks covered eyes laced with pain,
Eyes that knew too much for one man to take
Please darling, just remember that neither of us is to blame
You came to me with roses while you were covered in rain
Upon my doorstep with a sadness that your eyes can't seem to shake
And to God I will pray that you'll remain the same
Your kisses taste like heaven, but your words feel like disdain
But sometimes you're a dream from which I never want to wake
And darling, please remember that neither of us is to blame
I remember all the hours spent trying to tame
The passion inside us causing so much heartache
But to God I will pray that we'll remain the same
And darling, just remember that we were never to blame.