Strings from a Book

here you are
asking me why we're not talking
for the thirty second time

i know you
and it's sad you use excuses
to try to restart a friendship that died so long ago

i can read you like a book
like i've done a hundred million times

i've moved from immaturity
i'm done letting others pull the strings
i've learned not to expect
a goddamn thing from you

what a feeling
weightlessness takes over
after throwing all that weight to the ground
such a sensation
turning you down was one of the best decisions i've ever made
and you'll never come around

don't bring me down
'cause my life can only go up from this moment


i've moved from immaturity
i'm done letting others pull the strings
i've learned not to expect
a goddamn thing from you
say what you will, i am who i am
there's nothing changing my demands
just get out, and go home
move on with your life without me around

it's been what, four years since i saw your face
ain't it sad, how fast things can change?
it's been what, ages? seems like forever
we're switching places
yeah the day you left was the first day i tried to find myself
and that day's come and gone away

(wrote 10.26.2013)