past tense

Maybe this time
You’ll be mine
No need to lie like before
Because I’m not alone anymore

Maybe this time
I’ll be alright
Lost in your eyes
Lost in time

Maybe this time
You'll let me hide
I'll get some kind of reprieve
As long as you don't leave

Maybe this time
I'll be a different me
I'd take your hand
Together we'd stand

sycophant

Move on, you say
The past is meant to teach
But you have no idea
How many I’ve ruined
Not one has escaped;
I’ve gotten to them all
There’s no one I can look to
And say, “I’ve done right by you”

So I play your game
I put on this face, this laugh
But I’ll never escape my past
And I don’t deserve to
So don’t pity me
But hate me if you must
And believe me when I say
You’re better off without me

solution

And I'd love to think
That you'd be there
Someday

But you won't
Now I am done
Waiting

Clarity at last
I thank you
For the chance

It's my turn now
To grow
To escape

But who am I kidding?
I was whole
With you, once

Doesn't matter now
I needed you
More than ever

Not as a solution
As a partner
A love

But I am unworthy of you
No matter what I do
It seems now it's decided for me
That this was not meant to be