I've got every reason to be satisfied.
but I lied when I said that I
had the confidence to make it on my own.
There was a time that I had options
like the time you made me forget all about them,
and now I'm stuck here alone
with nothing to show but a wasted year.
and the night comes around and we're at it again,
in the same old house with the same old friends.
a rainy day in the city gives me some room to breathe.
three jobs aren't the best for me,
but you gotta get by in this economy.
at least I'll lay awake tonight knowing I'm better off.
It's funny how I never used to be awkward or afraid of everything.
and you don't understand or pretend to care,
but I'm still there,
trying to salvage the pieces of an identity long gone.
call me a loser, call me pathetic, as long as you're calling me.
I'm better than this, I'll tell myself.
better than the rage and the go-to-hell's.
I spend my days just trying to come to terms with
how you managed to kill me so quickly.
you make me wonder why I can't even put into fucking words
the mess my head is in,
the reason I'm always the one waiting up.
and why everything I used to love and hold close
feels empty and pointless.
I know I can't justify these thoughts,
just like you know you can't justify giving up.
but I will not spend another year drowning in sadness.
never again.
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