when evergreen fades to brown
(i can't breathe without you now)
and sultry mist crosses arid hills
(the less it aches the more it kills)

the sting is bitter after it's sweet
(our hearts prove to be discrete)
like the energy to force a smile
(has been depleting for a while)

after you say we're over and done
(you used to tell me i'm the one)
you leave, and i leave the world behind
(but still it haunts my tattered mind)

your smile was bright but now it's gone
(and I meant nothing all along)
you said we needed to take the time
(but your lips proved it all a lie)

now some other foolish lover
(impaling me as i try to recover)
has your lips and hands and eyes
(but not for long as I surmise)

she'll break when you let her down
(in these bleak oceans that we drown)
and leave for another girl or boy
(another dream to build and then destroy)

so don't you ******* pity me
(you burnt my heart into debris)
when you're already keen to recommit--

(all your love was just *******.)