Tell Me Not To Care

Everywhere I go, you’re still there. They say all’s fair in love and war And before, I believed it, But deception is a wake up call And I’ve received it. Love and hate, How you manipulate the past to suit you. I can’t even tell if what I remember is true Because your lies and facts are so intermixed, Like flowers and weeds in a dirty garden. You’re a constant reminder that Life offers no guarantee And no happy ending. You keep bending the story until Even my friends don’t know what to think. Tell me to come back And I’d do it. Swallow my pride- No, wait, I won’t put myself through it again. You’re the cigarette left in the pack After I quit. The booze left in the bottle After the liver’s gone to . And now I’ve accepted it.