for sale: one future, slighty used

this river's flowing showing
snowmen what their futures hold
the comfort knowing where
we're going leaves us all but bold
but in this dreary weary life
my future's clearly sold
to the highest bidder
but i'm anything but bitter
when these days i'm feeling fitter
happier to fold
my hand before i can
no longer strive for gold and
this life is nice
but twice the price
for half my future sold
i never told you
what i know to
be the only truth
but i'm believing
now what i'm seeing
now will soon make me choose...

[you]

your true feelings in [brackets]

you like the way i make you feel
[about yourself]
you like the idea of being in love
[or rather being loved]
you like to think of what we have
[or rather what we had]

you love me
[loving you]
you want me
[to want you]
you need me
[to say...]
anything to make you feel
[anything but pain]

you've given me everything you have
[everything but love]

the winner's right to lose

tonight will be
the night that we
begin to see
a future brighter than
the one we know
is just for show
so just let it go
this fucking town
moves way too fucking slow
and as we fly by
what used to make you cry
no need to be polite
just take my hand
and simply wave good-bye
to what you thought you knew
to once be true
we have this chance to prove
that everyone has the right to choose

and just as i've chosen you,
every winner has the right to lose

perfection through these eyes

this one's for you
and you know who you are
i know we could go far
and run faster than cars
oh, if you only knew
see, i've thought this thing through
all the way to the moon
and how it shines just for you
cheesy as hell
i never kiss and tell
but you make it so hard
for me to keep it all in
next to my shame and my sins
i just can't seem to let go
so just take all of me
my generosity and greed,
my wants and my needs,
my follow and my lead,
and when you've bled me dry
promise to leave my eyes
so as to see you become
what i've seen all along:

perfect.

failing you, my only regret

i don't regret much
'cause i've learned from my mistakes
and my past is what's made me
who i am today
but it's strange i can't explain
exactly how i feel
when you've been the focus of my thoughts
ever since you were first brought
to me from somewhere else
somewhere better, somewhere brighter,
some place where my heart is lighter
'cause ever since i failed you
it's been heavier than ever
now the only way to lift this weight
is to come right out and tell you straight:

you're the reason i still breathe
and live to see another day
all in hopes ammends are made
with you so i can hear you say
that you forgive me,
love me, miss me
it's then i'll hold you pressed against me
to save you from
those tears you've feared
would fall aginst another's ear
but as of now, and here on out
i'll be that ear to hear your shouts,
your laughs, your cries,
of joy, not of spite
your whispers, your sighs
as you gaze into my eyes
and see a future bold and bright
my heart is yours as well as i

tonight.

e.m.i.l.y.

emanate beauty through everyday life
make a scene, make a mess, make my knees weak
i lay in bed making wall shadows dance and
listening to everything that's ever made me love
you.