The Passerby

(album: Heartsounds - 2011)

If this picture's worth a thousand words let "love" not be the first nor last
My eyes were upside down the first time you turned your back
I wish you never turned your back around after that
Cover up that word, like you cover up your face when you have something to say
Anything to cover up my efforts
Anything to shut me out
Bury those eyes into the bend of your arm
Keep those ribs closed and your heart hidden away from me
I've been wondering what swallowed me into the ocean hidden behind a pretty voice
Whispering promises of warmth
It's not the salt that makes my eyes water
It's the thought that you never even bothered to give me a reason behind letting go of everything I tried to give
I don't know what hurts more, hanging on by a thread or just letting go
We'll never know
It's a constant struggle trying to fill the void that loved one made
And when they're gone it seems no one could ever take their place
You can't just let them go or leave them behind
We once knew love
Until someone you think is gonna be the one to change your life... for the best
Throws you out into the streets with an empty, frozen hands and feet
Still standing here
Cut off the loss, clean the wounds, granted nothing will ever feel the same again
It was all worth nothing
"I'm a loner," he says
"Born this way a loner I shall stay."
Cursed with heartstrings hanging from his hands and neck
"Dance with me," she says
"To the melodies of weeping widows and widowers
'Cause tonight we die alone, just like them."
Like a beaten down, dog it's hard to show love
So he shows his teeth instead and spits out blood to anyone that shows him love again
But when no one's around he whimpers through the night and walks around with his tail between his legs
And then you hear him speak

"I would have given you the clothes off my back, choose a bullet over seeing your blood spill, perhaps
But now I'm cold and there's a hole through my chest. A public display of my affection."