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Breathless

13 Years Ago


A lesson life has taught me Is to always keep my heart completely empty Feelings are felt by the weak And someone to care for isn't someone to seek Secrets are kept for a reason And to betray them is treason You came along and taught me to express My thoughts and feelings, you said to just confess So I did and in a drunken state of mind I let you see a part of me you weren't supposed to find I revealed the way I felt about you A pound of raw emotion; what I said was true Alcohol used to control me it was what I was all about Then you lead me down a different route I claimed my freedom And crowned myself king, the world is my kingdom My new point of view came two days too late And so I missed out on my lucky chance my grip on fate Sometimes the past is too hard to forget I grew up the hard way, I was terrified of regret Now I'm faced with a morose situation I'm overcome with a numbing sensation I hear a profound silence as I realize That I just lost the most beautiful prize I'm left with these could-have-been memories But I'm supposed to watch them fly away with the breeze I fell in love with your perfect smile But the language I speak is that of denial I'm looking forward to the month of December I hope I'll freeze, maybe I won't remember Sometimes I still think it's best to be emotionless To march through the fields of life completely painless But when I watched you leave, you left me breathless...
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