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If You See Him

If you see him

Tell him I've moved on

Tell him that the tambourine in my chest plays a new beat

But if I were to see him, yes, he'd still shake me

If you see him

Tell him I've reached new heights

Tell him that the snow on the mountains is nothing more than eraser shavings

From the memories I've had wiped from my mind

There's little of him I'll remember

If you see him

Tell him I've learned to swim

Tell him he can find me where the currents start

Where the water won't be salted any more

Because the oceans of my eyes will be salted enough

If you see him

Tell him that night was his fault

Tell him that the moon is his fault

But it's the only memory I've kept of him

I'll be out walking the highway

And I know he doesn't drive this way

But if I see him

I'll tell him

That the tambourine in my chest still shakes to his beat

And the oceans in my eyes are ready for him to weep

I'll tell him

That his name is carved across the surface of my heart

So that my pulse will always kiss him

That the tin soldiers in my toes

Were and still are the only thing driving me forward

If I see him

I'll tell him

He's an ***

But I wouldn't have it any other way

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caroline-1
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Mar 6, 2013
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