when the number of miles exceeds the number of beats skipped
and the number of tracks exceeds the number of skips allowed
and you're forced to hear every word spoken through your headphones
and with every lyric is a stab in the chest
and a painful reminder of the lights flashing past
and so I wipe under my eye
and try to forget his hand wrapped around the steering wheel
and how nine hours never gave us a chance

(nine hours away, you are, nine hours away)

there isn’t a mile short enough for us
not enough love to make up for the distance
the distance between us
because you’re falling through my fingertips
and I can’t keep this grasp if there’s no reception on your side
and you can’t hear me in Arkansas
saying I want to be wrapped in your arms

i need you here with me
to help me see
why it can’t be

when the number of miles exceeds the number of beats skipped
and the number of tracks exceeds the number of skips allowed
and you're forced to hear every word spoken through your headphones
and with every lyric is a stab in the chest
and a painful reminder of the lights flashing past
and so I wipe under my eye
and try to forget his hand wrapped around the steering wheel
and how nine hours never gave us a chance

(nine hours away, you are, nine hours away)

should’ve never lead me on
knew you’d be gone

trip should be a breeze
driving out of my grip

but I need you here with me

i'm turning the page
changing the chapter
and forgetting you
the words you never said
only the ones i ever read
so talk
talk
talk to me
don't need to be close
just feel close
want to run my fingers right through you
but settling for a screen
so much space
between
us
sleeping on skype
sigh on the phone
not letting you go

i'll let you go on
won't hold you back anymore
don't wanna tie you down
shouldn't have to make you stay
so leave
leave me today
this isn't easyy for me
but you need to leave
leave me today
can't do this countdown
don't do goodbyes
won't plan for the future
no, play it by ear
because you can't be here
and i can't make you stay
cause you won't even look back
to see me collapse

we'll be alright
what are we holding onto anyway
can't hold you back anymore
so move on
move on
move on
don't want to tie you down
so leave
leave me today

because you're already gone
and weren't even mine to begin with
so move on
move
from what we're not

don't want to leave
don't want you to stray
but i can't make you stay

so move
baby, move on
from everything we're not
everything i wanted us to be

leave me
leave me today

couldn't make you stay anyway

get out of me
and let me look inside you
i know there's more to you
so stop blowing trees
and let me get a little deeper

For a long time there has been a storm cloud over me.
It is always raining,
no matter what,
sometimes when I'm with people it just drizzles,
but other times it pours.
And I'm drowning in the constant raincloud.
And I always seclude my because I don't want to get other people wet with my downfall.
And I often try to cope with it by holding an umbrella,
but that never works
because it's hard to stay dry when you're standing in a puddle.
But when someone comes along with their own umbrella
and an extra pair of rainboots,
it's really nice
because you can almost see a sun beam shine through you cloud
and start to break it up,
in hopes that there's a clear forecast in your future.

your mind is diluted,
must be,
if you think you're fluent,
don't lack communication
and common characteristics of caring.
must've skipped that chapter
in the book by your side
not once opened

i think the reason that i loved you is because i did not know you.
i fell in love at first sight, just like you do a movie poster.
it's all a mystery, as were you.
but there's no sequel, not even end credits.
and i'm still unsure if you were sci fi or horror.
i didn't know you at all, i only saw the trailer, but it was thrilling and i never wanted to leave the theatre.
you made me jump back in my seat and kept me up at night.
i just wish there were less extras *and that i was not one of them.