You fail repeatedly to know me. It seems like you’re a stranger.// You failed to recognize the times that I was truly in danger.// You weren’t there when I needed you. In fact, I don’t think you noticed…// You weren’t able to realize your own flesh was out of focus.//
I did it all on my own.
I’m stuck in this place wanting so badly for you to understand.// I’m torn between running away from you and wanting to hold your hand.// I’m lost inside this tunnel-vision; I always put myself at fault.// I’m happy yet I’m lonely; Something’s missing in my heart.//
Maybe because I need you.
Your tongue must be a razor, so sharp that your words can spear.// Your ears must be malfunctioned cuz they never seem to hear.// Your eyes fill up with anger when the most trivial things don’t go your way.// Your frowns must be a river, ever-flowing, everyday.//
And I’m hurting.
I find my bliss in other places, all away from you.// I find my smiles in other people, smiles that feel so true.// I find my content in someone else where, to me, it seems he’s above the rest.// I find my comfort in his arms when you give me reasons to let fury manifest.//
He takes the pain away.
But I can’t help but want you in my life, to see my dreams.// I can’t see eye-to-eye with you,// Sometimes can’t stand the sight of you,// Yet I need you close to me.//
That’s why at night I cry cuz it seems that just can’t be.
How can things be going so right yet inside I continue to bleed?// He can only do so much,// Really he does more than enough…// Being happy without you is up to me.//
You don’t even know how you rip me to pieces, do you?
How can I hate you with a passion but feel compelled to love you?// Why do I need your compassion when pain is all you put me through?// Do you enjoy living in defeat?// It hurts to keep all this discrete.//
So why do I need him so much? He makes me feel complete.
I don’t want to look back on me and on you and see all the negativity.// I want to love you more than anything if you’d have me or rather, if you’d let me.// I don’t want to feel this guilt for not having the kind of relationship I need with you and still be at ease.// Even though he makes me happier than I’ve ever been, I’d like if you were a part of it…please?//
I’m asking the impossible, I know, so I’ll just watch the tears collect.
I’ll live the rest of my life this way then, carrying around this lump in my throat.// I’ll live the rest of my life this way then, loving and hating you both.//
At least he’ll be there to wipe the tears away...