PROMISES

Are your eyes closed? I envy you
Can you turn off your empathy, like a light switch?
You fling your words like they're just air
Stone-heavy, they weigh me down
Why am I always left here?
Sinking and picking up the pieces
I keep waiting to wake up
I keep waiting to fall asleep

But.. Do you think the smell of summer can soak through
the nightmare we've been living, since you
And in case you forget, an addiction is a promise
And you've made a lot of promises to me
But anyways..

The clouds can't disappear without you here
When did I become an option, and not what you needed
Breathless and scared, I call for you
But the days keep falling around me
My calendar claims it's spring
But it hasn't convinced me
The last of your faith sailed away
with the last of my patience
You leave me trembling sometimes
Your aftermath

But.. do you think the smell of summer can soak through
the nightmare we've been living, since you
And in case you forget, an addiction is a promise
And you've made a lot of promises to me
Promises to me

©Copyright 2003 Erin Beck.