Page 210 of Goodbye Note

I melted a little but forced myself back onstage.

left with ghosts to carry the secrets we told each other

if only we could be more than late-night starlight

when dawn comes, we fade

illuminating all the ways this will never work

summer fling never to amount to anything

they took our love and twisted it into a nightmare

and I STILL dream about those nights we stayed out Late

sunrises with tired eyes

bit my lip and made me want to quit

i wOuld haVe promised you anything if you’d let mE

sew Your lips shut

it won’t hurt too much

put wOrds in your mouth

these secrets and lies we promise to keep

until death do Us part

too bad i’m already dying inside

Sink below the surface and remember what we’re doing here

water in Our lungs

i promise you’ll only drown a little

i’d give up a lifetime with anyone else

for another five minutes under your spell

and what does that say about me wishing for a time machine

while you find happily ever after in another

sew your lips shut

it won’t hurt too much

put woRds in your mouth

these secRets and lies we promise to keep

until death do us part

too bad i’m alreadY dying inside

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