Shambles: They hold my life together. I’m shredded into slices, Trying to hold it whole, And I wonder if anyone
That red ribbon is so wrinkled. Rouge like blood Or rushing anger Or a blaring stop sign. It’s crumpled:
In my house, You don’t ask questions. The whispers from mom and dad Signal you to a hiding place. In my house,
It’s like waking up from your best… To find that it’s all gone. When you love someone who isn’t re… And you say, “I’m done.” It’s like swimming in Heaven,
I don’t understand. I don’t understand the cruelty The darkness The fear This choking feeling.
The blur of lighted cars Flying in a flurry down The highway at night Soothes me in the Most unorthodox way.
I find no release. I die. I die, Yet I’m not free. Not 'til I die.
She looked like innocence And felt like sin And died like grace And fell like a bird And fell like a bird
Sam said, “Get over it.” As if I could Just climb a tree. Sam said,
Dancing inside makes me sing. Music turns winter into spring. Dancing inside lights up my world. Lyrics give me wings like birds. Dancing inside all the time.
You’re bleeding down my legs, Tangling me up in your fingers. I want to run my nails down your b… And sigh in your ear.
Wait 'til Michigan comes. I think I’ll wait 'til then. Think I’ll wait 'til I hear my co… Hear them loving me in Michigan. Think I’ll wait 'til I swim.
Perfection is an evil reflection On what is really real. Solitude is my gratitude When I am sad. Numbness equals oneness
He touched my knee (now I’m in lo… No time for breath ('cause I’m in… He likes my hair (now I’m so lost… No time for speed ('cause I’m in… He gave me truth (now I’m so free…
She fell like rain, Like a bird, Like a comet chasing light, Like a star dropping from the nigh… Like a stone in water,