fine

Silence is a virtue
Unless of course it's you
Your reticence downplays all
Everything we go through

The other hand holds a bluff
Excuses are never enough
Shift the focus
Shift the blame
Am I mistaken
Or are you not the same

Say those words again and it's over

the 5th

Your example is yourself
So it’s no surprise
No guidance
No limitations

This should be obvious

Learn from (your) mistakes
Don’t take pride in them
I’ve learned the hard way
And not repeated myself
(At least, not by choice)

if only you’d understand
I would still only be…

apology

Sorry, you just missed it
I could’ve waited, but
You just weren’t
Worth it
How does it feel
On the downside of
Forbearance
I sympathize
But only to a point
And even then I don’t
Know who I’m lying to
More
We all lie to ourselves
…some more than others
Just wait you say to me
This isn’t what it seems
(And) you stay in place
Or so it seems (what does it mean)
You tear/rip me apart
With these things
That you’ve done to me
I see you now
And it’s all I can do
To not laugh

axiom of insecurity

There is no way to feel
Better than you let me
I’ll bend you to my will
Then deny it all
To be in keeping
With expectations
I can always fail
To stop trying
To fail

parallel altruism

You hate what we’ve become
Well
I hate to say I knew
It would be this way

You know this song’s about you
…don’t you?

You tell me we always fight
I feign surprise
But it’s par for the course

I’ll blame you
And hate you
And never speak to you again
But it’s all on me