Love's Shelf Life

Tonight I'm stuck in my head 

Too many memories 

Why so much pain? 

And why do all these stories 

End in the same place? 

Broken-hearted 

Loyalty feels like a myth 

Another lie they tell you 

In stories of a bygone age 

What is true love anyway? 

A fictional pretense 

Designed to sell cards 

Forever is something rarely meant 

Yet often heard 

Another casualty resulting 

From the degradation of society 

Too many thoughts tonight 

I'm trapped in an endless 

Menagerie of torture 

This carousel of pictures 

Of when they told me I was happy 

They lied 

Is there a point to trying again? 

What's that definition of insanity? 

Doing the same thing on repeat 

But expecting something different 

There's a distinct lack of variation 

To all this history 

I think we all got scammed 

There are no forever homes available 

No, we're stuck at the pound 

Buyer beware! 

It's a short half-life here