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You’re a sinner if I ever met one, but then again, so I am. You measure life in cigarettes, while I measure mine in broken promises. You & I stand on one area of common ground for we both measure it in the time we can’t get back. But what makes a sinner a sinner? The deeds he’s done? The hearts he’s broken carelessly? Or the way he isn’t sorry for any of it, not one bit. We’re all ******* sinners, who do we think we’re kidding? Not one of you can stand tall and say that we’ve done no wrong. and if you could, we all know you wouldn’t be any fun. It’s a sin, it’s a crying shame that love these days isn’t built to last. It’s a sin, that love can exist between two beings, and that neither of them can muster the courage to make it known. It’s a sin, and a ******* waste at that. How dare you throw away the thing we’re all searching for? It’s a sin that the world we live in forces us to prepare for a day that our hearts will be ripped out, only to be mended, and ripped out all over again. It’s a sin that we must conform to society’s expectations of love, that we are expected to love in the way made popular by your television ideals. It’s a sin that everyone is looking for a kind of love that doesn’t ******* exist, and why can’t we understand, that this isn’t the movies? And you better fucking believe it, it's a sin to believe your ending gets to be happy, when there are millions who have seen their dreams torn from top to bottom and no, they can’t mend them, they don’t have the energy. Would you? Plain and simple, could you say if everything you’ve worked to make yourself believe came crashing down, that you could push away the rubble and start anew? It’s a sin that anyone is expected to be able okay after a heartbreak. Sure, you love and you learn, but who wants to learn a tale that ends in lies and disdain more often than not? It’s a ******* sin that the thing that is most coveted in life is the thing that will break you down the most. It will build you up only to shatter your hopes, over and over, don’t try and fight it, don’t try and convince me that it’s worth it, because I already know. I already know that it’s so good it's worth the pain, and I know it's a sin. But we’re all ******* sinners, we lie, and we cheat, and we put ourselves a mile before the ones we’re supposed to care about. But if that’s love, if that’s what we’re all looking so hard for, Who’s the real sinner, the player or the game?
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Sep 25, 2016
Sep 25, 2016 at 12:28 AM UTC
Sinner
You’re a sinner if I ever met one, but then again, so I am. You measure life in cigarettes, while I measure mine in broken promises. You & I stand on one area of common ground for we both measure it in the time we can’t get back. But what makes a sinner a sinner? The deeds he’s done? The hearts he’s broken carelessly? Or the way he isn’t sorry for any of it, not one bit. We’re all ******* sinners, who do we think we’re kidding? Not one of you can stand tall and say that we’ve done no wrong. and if you could, we all know you wouldn’t be any fun. It’s a sin, it’s a crying shame that love these days isn’t built to last. It’s a sin, that love can exist between two beings, and that neither of them can muster the courage to make it known. It’s a sin, and a ******* waste at that. How dare you throw away the thing we’re all searching for? It’s a sin that the world we live in forces us to prepare for a day that our hearts will be ripped out, only to be mended, and ripped out all over again. It’s a sin that we must conform to society’s expectations of love, that we are expected to love in the way made popular by your television ideals. It’s a sin that everyone is looking for a kind of love that doesn’t ******* exist, and why can’t we understand, that this isn’t the movies? And you better fucking believe it, it's a sin to believe your ending gets to be happy, when there are millions who have seen their dreams torn from top to bottom and no, they can’t mend them, they don’t have the energy. Would you? Plain and simple, could you say if everything you’ve worked to make yourself believe came crashing down, that you could push away the rubble and start anew? It’s a sin that anyone is expected to be able okay after a heartbreak. Sure, you love and you learn, but who wants to learn a tale that ends in lies and disdain more often than not? It’s a ******* sin that the thing that is most coveted in life is the thing that will break you down the most. It will build you up only to shatter your hopes, over and over, don’t try and fight it, don’t try and convince me that it’s worth it, because I already know. I already know that it’s so good it's worth the pain, and I know it's a sin. But we’re all ******* sinners, we lie, and we cheat, and we put ourselves a mile before the ones we’re supposed to care about. But if that’s love, if that’s what we’re all looking so hard for, Who’s the real sinner, the player or the game?
eliyachristine
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Sep 25, 2016
Sep 25, 2016 at 12:28 AM UTC
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