you're burning bridges
faster than you can build them,
making an abandoned
island
out of what was once called paradise
you looked at me with an empty heart
and I tried to fill it
"you're good, baby, you're so good"
but my voice was so weak
and you didn't believe me
and, baby, you've gone bad
you're so busy fighting to be relevant
that you forgot to stop
fighting against the boy
with a smile like the moon
and arms like home
you've tried so hard to be tough
that you won't let the good things in
and the bad things won't leave
and you're dying from your own poison,
rotting in your own prison
from the inside out and
you're begging me
for something to quench your thirst but
I could pour you
glass after glass of compassion
and you'd empty it onto the floor because you can't bear to actually drink it
Instead you chase whiskey with self-pity
and I
watch helplessly
as pieces of my past
come dancing to life on stage
in front of me
I can't give hope to arms too shaky to hold it,
can't give faith to a stomach that can't keep it down
"you're good, baby, you're so good," I whispered
but then I walked away and took my words with me, too
Aug 8, 2014
Aug 8, 2014 at 12:17 PM UTC
you're burning bridges
faster than you can build them,
making an abandoned
island
out of what was once called paradise
you looked at me with an empty heart
and I tried to fill it
"you're good, baby, you're so good"
but my voice was so weak
and you didn't believe me
and, baby, you've gone bad
you're so busy fighting to be relevant
that you forgot to stop
fighting against the boy
with a smile like the moon
and arms like home
you've tried so hard to be tough
that you won't let the good things in
and the bad things won't leave
and you're dying from your own poison,
rotting in your own prison
from the inside out and
you're begging me
for something to quench your thirst but
I could pour you
glass after glass of compassion
and you'd empty it onto the floor because you can't bear to actually drink it
Instead you chase whiskey with self-pity
and I
watch helplessly
as pieces of my past
come dancing to life on stage
in front of me
I can't give hope to arms too shaky to hold it,
can't give faith to a stomach that can't keep it down
"you're good, baby, you're so good," I whispered
but then I walked away and took my words with me, too
