Wallflowers

Quick kid quips, so harsh and cynical Touches stricken cold and clinical What a transformation to behold I don’t like this new, I want the old It’s not the words that make it final You’ve said such things before to rival them But it’s how you say them now that’s changed Cold but sympathetic all the same You’d like to convince me that I’ll be better off So you go on and I’ll be happier I’ll be happier You go on, yeah, you go on You’ll be gone and I’ll be happier Shoot me with your rubber bullets Your finger’s on the trigger, pull it I know you want the suffering to end And so, it is forgivable my friend All to convince me that I’ll be better off So you go on and I’ll be happier You go on and I’ll be happier You go on, yeah, you go […]

Your fingertips across my skin The palm trees swaying in the wind, images You sang me spanish lullabies The sweetest sadness in your eyes, clever trick Well, I’d never want to see you unhappy I thought you’d want the same for me Goodbye, my almost lover Goodbye, my hopeless dream I’m trying not to think about you Can’t you just let me be? So long, my luckless romance My back is turned on you Should’ve known you’d bring me heartache Almost lovers always do We walked along a crowded street You took my hand and danced with me, images And when you left you kissed my lips You told me you would never, never forget these images, no Well, I’d never want to see you unhappy I thought you’d want the same for me Goodbye, my almost lover Goodbye, my hopeless dream I’m trying not to think about you Can’t […]