I learned my lesson
Too typical to call it a blessing
Wiped your tears out of your bathroom sink
Mistaken, clearly missed the discrepancies
I have been held up in a sweet flippant fantasy
Touch me, squeeze me, pretend that you need me
A fixture, a perfect picture
Twisted into a shallow codependency
Hand me my bag
Give me my shoes
Is that my watch on the dresser?
I’ll grab that too
Broken heels hitting the pavement
Among lost strangers
Singing the Love Street Blues…
Nostalgia just brushed me across the face
In the form of a chilly fall breeze
Suddenly back in the shoes of my 14-year-old self
Carefree and excited just because
Walking shaggy, red leash in hand
Being tugged up the long silent neighborhood road, playfully
On a cool fall evening
Flip me upside down
I don’t care
Take my money
Have the shirt off my back, my underwear
Are you done?
I’m unsure of where this is going
Do you have what you need?
Shake me for loose change
No matter what you ask, I can’t change
I hear someone calling
Panic at the disco, maniacs keep brawling
Bitches keep wailing
All this smoke, I keep enhaling
Silly silly goose, mama let you on the loose
Got nothing to prove, but you idolize Van Halen
Release me so I can sail again
Dance, I just want to prance across this sinking ship
Rocking through a purple haze trip
Barking cats and sparkling whips
I have no idea where I am…
Slowly the revelation hits
Lovely egotistic illusions waning
And the compassion churns inside
Got me feeling
Things I try to deny
Things I try to hide
Like a butterfly with a stressed wing
I’m trying to fly
Like turbulent waves
I can’t sit quietly
And watch the seconds turn into days
How dare we attempt to just lay and watch it pass us by…
Love Notes and Dirty Dishes 