You say you know me
   yet you were never there
to hear echoes my thoughts leave
in the dead of the night

                                                          ­         You say you are here for me
     yet not once have I
   picked up the phone
  to see your name illuminate the screen
telling me the words I need to hear

                   You're not alone. I'm the shoulder you can
                                          lean on

                                                            ­           You said you're sorry
      sorry for the times cold metal
    and the copper taste of crimson
  gave me better comfort than
you ever did.

                   You said and said and said
                        but never acted

                   except when it came
         to closing the door behind you
               and never looking back


but you forgot something. You forgot a soul hidden in the corner of the
*empty house