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7:59 A.M./No Sleep [Thinking About You]

She used to like sing with me

One of the first was "My Boo"

It had a ring to it

She wanted to sing out loud

I couldn't go through it,

The hardest thing to admit

was I was going through it.

 

She caught me through music

the constant thing in my life

see the rhythm and beats soothed me

it brought peace to my life

she understood that, so we shared it together...

on the phone from 6 to 12

we never really noticed though

conversations were timeless

and I got stingy cuz I knew she had to go

forgetting that there was always tomorrow

Last few words were:

"I'll try to stay on but if I hang up you already know"

...[click] and there she goes

 

The first person that was ever there

and I never had to ask her

it was procedure

she would call me every night

but sometimes on the house phone

just cause she liked to see my sweat

especially when we had that stupid little bet

and I was invisible

see I thought she couldn't do it

but it's like it didn't faze her

first time I realized how important she really was

she completed the puzzle.

 

Eventually she had to go her own way,

I respected the distance

but offered my help if ever she should need it

words were never traded

new music became dull

and with the old I heard her voice

just as she would sing it.

Time passed and she came around like a boomerang

picking things up where we left them...

with promises to always be there

and also to be irreplaceable to one another.

Thing is I can't even remember why we started singing that fateful day

but what I do know is that day brought me a friend

that only death could separate me from

so no matter what comes our way,

I promise to be there if the song isn't enough to numb the pain.

 

What I continue to wonder though is:

am I actually being a friend,

or do I continue to push her away

with a love I can't shake?

 

I know sometimes I can be selfish

but in the end,

I just want to see you laugh,

see you smile,

see you living life to the fullest.

 

-James Desire

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Mar 17, 2011
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