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Best Poems Written by Amy Duffy

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Here We Go Again

You made me feel beautiful
You made me cry myself to sleep
You said you loved me and now all I've got to keep
Are your words
Your broken promises
It hurts
And....

...I want to scream to you
I want to see this through
Did you guess that I still love you....
...Here we go again.

You made me fly
Ripped off my wings and apologised
And you made me believe we didn't die
Here me cry
I want to be alive

...I want to scream to you
I want to see this through
Did you guess that I still...
...Here we go again.
Need me
Hear me
Scream with me
Never leave me
Hold me
Again
And lets
Pretend
It's like it used to be....

...Here we go again
Can we start again
And I still pretend
We didn't die...
...Here we go again.

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Oh.So.Addictive.

I've got coffee running through my veins
I'm falling apart but won't complain
As long as I can stay awake and dream
About you.

You're my emotioinal debris, everything I don't need
Oh you're so bad for me
You are a drug - oh so addictive
And all these scars, well they're all because of you
There's somethings I can't undo
And loving you is one of them

I promised I wouldn't feel this again
What the hell is wrong with me?
But sometimes I stare and hope that you'd care
If I told you what I'm thinking
What am i thinking?
No room for thinking when impulse takes control.

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Double Barrel

I am the new taste of irony
In all that I say is all about you
It's my new form of hilarity
Because in the end you won't know the truth
I'm think I'm through with the sympathy
I don't care if you care or not
I'm still dealing with the empathy
Because this opportunity is too good to pass up

We can turn it up, burn it down
You'll still remain oblivious

I'm not feeling guilty
That you can't see
What I can see
It's breaking down that built me
You have to agree
You're perfectly...

It's my obvious invisibility
That's making me laugh because all of the truth
Is showing through all this ambiguity
It's funny to know that you never knew
At the end of a long road of tyranny
Is it wrong that I'm privately laughing at you?
Oh I am the new taste of irony
Because this time I've got one over you

We can turn it up, burn it down
You'll always be oblivious

I'm not feeling guilty
That you can't see
Just what I mean
It's breaking down that built me
You have to agree
You're perfectly
Oblivious!!!

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This Game Is Rigged

Trying forceful optimism
Failing to forget
It's like some form of masochism
I need to let it...
I'm tired of this repetition
It's gone on far too long
Let's just complete this demolition
Listen to me, one time only

I need to let it come undone
I hope you know you're the only one
Who can make me feel so insecure
I'm sure
You do, somewhere inside
Oh God, I think this game is rigged

Trapped in all this cynicism
I need to let you know
That all the time you thought I didn't
Care you couldn't be more wrong
Neverending repetition
This record just keeps playing on
Slow and secret demolition
Why can't I just shout out to you?

I need to let it come undone
I hope you know you're the only one
Who can make me feel so insecure
I'm sure
You do, somewhere inside
Oh God, I think this game is rigged.

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I Miss You

Lies you told me
That you never meant
And now I'm bent and broken
Yes and now I'm choking

Well at least you're happy anyway
Everything's OK
To you...

Why did you tell me you loved me
When you knew it would never be true?
Just throw me away
And find somebody new
New and Improved

Well at least you're happy anyway
Everything's OK
To you

As tears filled my eyes
Inside something died
But I'll never show it to you
I'll fake a big smile
Laugh for a while
You'll never know the truth

Well at least you're happy anyway
I won't tell you I'm not OK
I miss you...

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The Lovers' Last Stand

Glittered Black
Don't look back
Catch me as I fall
Take this knife
Fade my life
We've been through it all
One last stand
And they'll know us forever
Take my hand
Immortality together
This rain of blood is falling down
We're made of so much more than this
One last fatal kiss
Fade to black
Don't look back

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Wish You Were Here

I'm sorry that I never knew
Just how lucky I was to have you
I'd say empty words I hope to God that I meant
But I never understood
And now this wasted heart, it seems
To be falling apart at the seams
I'm so lucky to have you
But this doesn't seem right

Well I just woke up
'Cause I can't get to sleep
'Cause I've been thinking it all over now
You deserve so much more
Than someone like me
And I think it's the time to stop now

No use crying over spilt guilt

You're detroying me without a word
And I don't want anyone to get hurt
I'll never forget you
I'll never forgive myself
Never wanted to let you go
But this is no way to live

I'm so sorry
But the fairytale ending was never going to work
Please forgive me
But I'm sure there's plenty more fish in the sea
I'm sure there's prettier girls in the scene

Coffee and late dawns
This is goodbye
Sleepless and more songs
Please understand that I tried
Please understand that I cried
Please understand -I love you - goodbye.

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Falling Apart

Tattered and torn
Old and worn
I don't care anymore
Turn off the light
It's too bright
When you leave close the door

I need some time
To be on my own
I'll sing a rhyme
You've never known
I'll be labelled maimed
named and shamed
Just the usual
hate untamed

Categories broken
Words unspoken
I'll be me
You be you
I'll do my thing
You do yours

But you'll never know
what it all means
The tears, the thoughts
the broken dreams.

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Broken Hearted Rogues

Broken hearts 
Mean broken ears
 As we sing out
 Our broken tears
Broken hearts
Mean broken fears
As we all shout
Our broken tears

Shout to me
Scream with me
Run away and hide with me
I need you now
To stay with me
Break tradition
Don't leave me

We can live
In our own heads
Forget real life
Dance like the dead
Our own thoughts
And our own dreams
Don't have to die tonight

Shout at me
Scream at me
I'm not the girl you thought I was
I can't look back
I can't move on
I'll just watch
You walk away

Broken hearts
Mean broken ears
Listen to my
Broken Tears
Broken hearts
You saw my tears
Take away
My broken fears

I'm gonna scream out
I'm gonna run away
I'm gonna be myself
Today
It's gonna break me
You're gonna hate me
But I need this
More than you know

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Him

I hear kind words and know they're lies
She's saying that you like me
I'd spend my days lost in your eyes
Addicted then I realize
You will never love me

You're in too deep - lost in her stare
I'm just a ghost of times gone by
You've never noticed me standing there
Knowing you're the perfect pair
Despite the tears I cry

I know I shouldn't be thinking this
She's my friend - but I can't help but miss
That stupid, single, only kiss
And wish you never made it end