Don't tell me you love me if you can't say it publicly Why put THOSE words in THAT order only for them to ring empty? Ahh, sneaky, sneaky You didn't think I noticed but I did, walked through the door with it on your right pinky How'd you let the value you placed on the ring I placed on your finger drop below a hay penny? Ignored on the ground with hardly a glance cause you "have plenty" Was that the plan from the start, to pull the shoot early? We were side by side, we said for all eternity, and you didn't think I'd see? I know the words needed for that phrase are still in your vocabulary But they're now spoken differently Just another thoughtless thought runnin' through a smooth brain, produced automatically Not calling you dumb, 'cause you've played me for a fool expertly To speak it comes easy, literally learned at the tail end of infancy Follow through is a entirely different story It slips through those lose lips sporadically but it doesn't feel like they're actually for me Just kinda, sorta vaguely directed in my general vicinity Even still, to get even that takes a little prompting...unfortunately They no longer spring forth and sooth this broken heart organically I can no longer consider it a deep rooted feeling, it's just reactionary Forget accuracy, this isn't satisfactory Meanings mean nothing to you and, honestly, I find no truth in your "honesty" I really wanted my theory on your true feelings for me to be phony I've never wanted to be wrong so badly But you prove me right daily and twice nightly I no longer trigger any desire for intimacy Fine, I guess, can't force that, it's gotta come around naturally or it doesn't do it for me But your rejection of literally every attempt and advance from me I'm finding to be too costly Bye bye confidence, so long ****** identity Couple years before 40 and I already have to accept there'll be no ****** activity Haven't been rejected this much through the entirety of my journey to ****** maturity Feels like a search and destroy mission focused on my psyche Absolutely crushed mentally and emotionally And here I was thinking it was I that had an unlovable personality You forced me to think that about me Like I'm not even good company I wish this would have worked out differently And yet still, what I want even more is for you to agree How pathetic of me