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So let's add another numbed night to this comatose plight. Searching for something meaningful at the bottom of bottles, And striving for amnesia through entangling bodies. This is the dance of the dead. A decadent display of flesh and famine. A hunger so primal that we've lost our appetite for The more filling of feelings. You're tugging at my heart strings, But she's ripping off my clothes. And the opposite embodied is a worse torture than most Would care to know. But I do have a thing for pain, And you're the object of my infliction. In this scar making moment, I'll succumb to that addiction. But your mark is growing thin, love. And the evidence will fade. Your territory’s waning and you have no stake to claim. These are the lies we lead in this life or something like it. Barely scraping by until the day turns to night. My calendar is filling and yours is bound to burst. You can pencil me in if you're bored enough. I'll accept through the hangover and give you sleepy eyes, Knowing full well we'll both end up in another's bed tonight. She'll touch my chest though it does not heave for her. And I'll take a shot to make this feeling better. She'll want to spoon but I'll push her to "your side". And I'll say I'll call tomorrow, but when I speak, I tend to lie. I'm taking up your offer on this latest lifestyle, Where cowardly nonchalance is the most fitting attire, And the heart that's been hemmed to my sleeve, Is the most out-of-date accessory. This game is treacherous, this game called "love". My only wonder is: when we will stop playing ourselves.
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Sep 16, 2012
Sep 16, 2012 at 5:03 PM UTC
the idiot's guide to just getting by.
So let's add another numbed night to this comatose plight. Searching for something meaningful at the bottom of bottles, And striving for amnesia through entangling bodies. This is the dance of the dead. A decadent display of flesh and famine. A hunger so primal that we've lost our appetite for The more filling of feelings. You're tugging at my heart strings, But she's ripping off my clothes. And the opposite embodied is a worse torture than most Would care to know. But I do have a thing for pain, And you're the object of my infliction. In this scar making moment, I'll succumb to that addiction. But your mark is growing thin, love. And the evidence will fade. Your territory’s waning and you have no stake to claim. These are the lies we lead in this life or something like it. Barely scraping by until the day turns to night. My calendar is filling and yours is bound to burst. You can pencil me in if you're bored enough. I'll accept through the hangover and give you sleepy eyes, Knowing full well we'll both end up in another's bed tonight. She'll touch my chest though it does not heave for her. And I'll take a shot to make this feeling better. She'll want to spoon but I'll push her to "your side". And I'll say I'll call tomorrow, but when I speak, I tend to lie. I'm taking up your offer on this latest lifestyle, Where cowardly nonchalance is the most fitting attire, And the heart that's been hemmed to my sleeve, Is the most out-of-date accessory. This game is treacherous, this game called "love". My only wonder is: when we will stop playing ourselves.
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Sep 16, 2012
Sep 16, 2012 at 5:03 PM UTC
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