(BASKET CASE)

'And-you'

you took the life when you walked in the room and I welcomed the vaccuming sensation in my chest
maybe I hoped you'd clean me out
take me for all the love I had, and give it back remixed like the music sung so sweetly of love I'd only heard of

Instead you took my innocence
harshly wadded up my love and threw it back
required only what you demanded and you demanded it all
took my wings and pinned them up on the wall,
and didnt even stop to admire
and I was trapped staring at the peices of me, hoping they'd catch fire
if I can't have me, no one can

and when pulled from the wreckage I fell back like I'd never tasted air before because I hadn't,
you took the memory of all I thought love was, and there was nothing left to salvage
I coughed up water but ash fell from the cracks in my throat,
I don't rememeber the fire, no heat, all cold
I ran far enough that whatever you made me into let go

and now I'm alone
eyes locked on the unrecognizable
is that me? or a ghost
she screams back at me but its unidentifiable the words do not so easily translate
its too late

bitten by a language barrier,
until shes gone and I buried her
whats worse is I know its all on me, and shes the first of many hearts to fall broken at my feet