The Past and Today
Replacing you is like replacing my limbs
It would cost my whole life; to you a fortune
The price put on us is more than important
To me and I don't need to struggle anymore
Still can't understand why you were so patient with me for
Time after time, I was too proud to beg
Not for you; no studder in what you've done or said
On and off, up and down, jumping from actors to clowns
Meaningless feuds, ignorance, silence in my sounds
Never gave a care about the scum I'd try to use
In your place for just a while 'til my thoughts regrouped
Each time I'd leave your door
Your face would ring my mind and make me wonder what I'd do it for
Them other boys could never take your place
And I remember being silenced each time I'd look him in the face
Without you I'd cry, sometimes I would even laugh
I'd never call them "baby" back
'Cause they never were mine; just the same
I'd still much rather call your name
In and out, out and about, side by side all over again
Me and you, you and I; I'd never trade you for them
Never gave a care about the scum I'd try to use
In your place for just a while 'til my thoughts regrouped
Those others, well of course they tried to hurt me
Been lied to, been held out, mentally forced not to see
Very well aware that you've been through this, too
Same time, same things between me and you
Never took all my clothes off with them
Halfway each time, 'cause he'd see your name
Tattooed on my back to avoid the wondering of whose I truly was
Few times he'd ask, "Why?" and my reply was, "Just because"
Back in place, where we should have stayed since then
Laid a hand, hurtful words; towards me you've never used against
We've grown back into the same old us
From the beginning when we made no fuss
Copyright © Anonymous Ah | Year Posted 2009
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