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you never knew what it meant to me
that intense burst of fear and fright
something within sought to flee
something else sought to stay my flight
it seemed all you cared about was you
what was so wrong with that
do i have the right to assume you knew
that i was lost and sad
i’d be just as selfish as they’d […]

yousaid itwas tooboring whenwe madelove
butnow whenwe havebeen changingthemes
youcrave familarityin whatwe heldsteady
yetit istoo lateto returnfrom ourextremes
stickwith metogether webelong ina
pair.

most things still look the same
yet in reality it’s all now different
the people who i used to know
they’re all scattered in a different pattern
that street where i used to live
still fills with tourists by the busload
but i no longer walk down there
for it holds no meaning any longer
this place is still the same
but i’ve changed