mixed messages

05/13/2009

your eyes have never looked so fine
as when you tell me i look divine
so look up from the floor, keep me in line
how can i keep up when you're crazy all the time
your hair is as wild as the thoughts you make
in my head, they don't seem hard to take
when you cry i know i am a mistake
promise me you'll never be like them, so fake.

you're a fragile thing and i love you for that,
why do you start to speak then take it back?
your tears look painted onto your skin,
don't play this sweetheart, you'll never win.

my dear, i am trying to be all i can,
i'm the bottom of the barrel for such a man,
take my word, and believe that it's sound,
if i fall short once more, i'll burn to the ground.

your lips can say things i feel in my bones ,
you fill me with things that i've never known.
the rest when they speak, it's a dial tone,
if i'm not with you, then i'll be alone.
i listen to everything you say so clear,
and your criticism always rings sincere.
i respect what you tell me though it's hard to hear,
you're so hard to take sometimes, my dear.

she's so beautiful and i want her to see,
my words come out twisted and hurt so deeply.
i've never intended pain on something so sweet.
i wonder what she thinks when we fall asleep.

so my dear, my dear, it's clear, i know
i don't compare, i've nothing left to show
i know i can't keep you, don't deny so,
just promise you'll wake me before you go.