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Every thought I have is you Even when I finally managed to stop involuntarily whispering your name, On cold mornings I see it on my breath Like Carrol’s caterpillar Askin’ Who Are you? That’s the problem I already know who you are Now I am tryin’ to forget But I can’t I made some promises that I need to keep For instance I said I would never let them bury you And we somehow managed to find our way into burning buildings I told you how I keep my heart in my throat to trap the air in my chest So that I would stop gasping in your presence I inhale smoke sometimes And I cried When they brought me your blackened breastplate Heart still beating a fire Looked like the sun There’s a universe in you And now it’s in me too Gives off this light that is almost blinding So that when I rub my eyes The iridescent reflection of them on the back of my lids Is the same color as yours Same color as gasoline on pavement Makes me wanna set this world on fire Only way to stop seeing you everywhere Like the ****** Mary I saw you in my oatmeal Heard you in a wind chime Whisperin’ like the wind Beggin me to consider life like a skipped heartbeat You ****** me when you left Forgot me like a puzzle Soda stained on a coffee table I got black holes in my universe And now every thought I have is you You are in every word I speak In every sound I hear Even my breath spells your name
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Apr 13, 2011
Apr 13, 2011 at 11:56 AM UTC
Every Thought I Have
Every thought I have is you Even when I finally managed to stop involuntarily whispering your name, On cold mornings I see it on my breath Like Carrol’s caterpillar Askin’ Who Are you? That’s the problem I already know who you are Now I am tryin’ to forget But I can’t I made some promises that I need to keep For instance I said I would never let them bury you And we somehow managed to find our way into burning buildings I told you how I keep my heart in my throat to trap the air in my chest So that I would stop gasping in your presence I inhale smoke sometimes And I cried When they brought me your blackened breastplate Heart still beating a fire Looked like the sun There’s a universe in you And now it’s in me too Gives off this light that is almost blinding So that when I rub my eyes The iridescent reflection of them on the back of my lids Is the same color as yours Same color as gasoline on pavement Makes me wanna set this world on fire Only way to stop seeing you everywhere Like the ****** Mary I saw you in my oatmeal Heard you in a wind chime Whisperin’ like the wind Beggin me to consider life like a skipped heartbeat You ****** me when you left Forgot me like a puzzle Soda stained on a coffee table I got black holes in my universe And now every thought I have is you You are in every word I speak In every sound I hear Even my breath spells your name
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Apr 13, 2011
Apr 13, 2011 at 11:56 AM UTC
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