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The smell of your perfume still lingers on my chest Taunting and tormenting my every deep breath Bittersweet, it saturates my marrow The love lost in the endless waves of pain and sorrow, Everything I thought true love should and could have been, Has been swept away, in what seems like a 100 mile an hour wind Into the relentless currents, and depths of blue sea Would nothing have stopped it dear? Not even one knee? "To suppress this pain i'm feeling I Try to tell myself, Believing isn’t seeing It's just a part of one’s self being, They say true love is never fleeing But baby, for you, my heart is pleading" Staring out into the vast emptiness laid out before me Searching for a reflection, or glimpse of what use to be Your picture with him, crushing my soul, my fee Woman, If only the pain in my heart you could see I promise you, I’m the first one to tell you “I Love You” You’re the only one whom I grew wings, jumped, and flew Though I know I’m not fortunate enough to be your last I know with him you don’t have our memories or past. "To suppress this pain i'm feeling I Try to tell myself, Believing isn’t seeing It's just a part of one’s self being, They say true love is never fleeing But baby, for you, my heart is bleeding" More than just a dream, or the fanciest of feeling It was my true self, your love was revealing A man I either forgot or never knew existed A man you would have known, if only you would’ve persisted But just when I needed you the most You faded away, your touch… a ghost Leaving me standing here, cold, alone Wondering, Can you still smell the bitter-sweetness of my cologne? "To suppress this pain i'm feeling I Try to tell myself, Believing isn’t seeing It's just a part of one’s self being, They say true love is never fleeing But baby, for you, my heart is healing"
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Feb 23, 2011
Feb 23, 2011 at 9:57 AM UTC
I Try to Tell Myself
The smell of your perfume still lingers on my chest Taunting and tormenting my every deep breath Bittersweet, it saturates my marrow The love lost in the endless waves of pain and sorrow, Everything I thought true love should and could have been, Has been swept away, in what seems like a 100 mile an hour wind Into the relentless currents, and depths of blue sea Would nothing have stopped it dear? Not even one knee? "To suppress this pain i'm feeling I Try to tell myself, Believing isn’t seeing It's just a part of one’s self being, They say true love is never fleeing But baby, for you, my heart is pleading" Staring out into the vast emptiness laid out before me Searching for a reflection, or glimpse of what use to be Your picture with him, crushing my soul, my fee Woman, If only the pain in my heart you could see I promise you, I’m the first one to tell you “I Love You” You’re the only one whom I grew wings, jumped, and flew Though I know I’m not fortunate enough to be your last I know with him you don’t have our memories or past. "To suppress this pain i'm feeling I Try to tell myself, Believing isn’t seeing It's just a part of one’s self being, They say true love is never fleeing But baby, for you, my heart is bleeding" More than just a dream, or the fanciest of feeling It was my true self, your love was revealing A man I either forgot or never knew existed A man you would have known, if only you would’ve persisted But just when I needed you the most You faded away, your touch… a ghost Leaving me standing here, cold, alone Wondering, Can you still smell the bitter-sweetness of my cologne? "To suppress this pain i'm feeling I Try to tell myself, Believing isn’t seeing It's just a part of one’s self being, They say true love is never fleeing But baby, for you, my heart is healing"
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Feb 23, 2011
Feb 23, 2011 at 9:57 AM UTC
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