It was the song of the summer
and you were my summer
So it in turn is your song.
Now the summer is over
and fittingly we are too
gone as quickly as it came
Confusion is the name of the game
and we're both players
although you seem to know the rules.
Maybe I was stupid and careless
but you let me touch your hair
and that was the message I received.
Can it all trickle away as fast as water?
or are you the all knowing and I the student?
Teach me who I need to be.
My notebook is where I tell you.
Everything.
I want the world to laugh,
The sadness to melt away
I don't want anyone to care about
Politics
Drama
or Hollywood Gossip.
I aspire to change the world
Through my jokes on stage,
In a funny tv show I write,
Or a comedic performance
at a random Starbucks
on a Monday morning.
I have the power to make you
Laugh,
Giggle,
Pee your pants.
I can change your perspective on life
and make the worries disappear.
Make you come alive.
If only my voice was a little bit deeper
Oh, the opportuities I would have
If my ovaries in turn were in a sack
Or if my chest were flat and hairy
Oh, how my livllihood would improve
Doubting my work would be justified
And I wouldn't have to prove a thing.
If I were taller and more athletic
I would never be alone.
Women would beg for the chance
To be my night time visitor
And no one would call me loose.
If only these few things were different
Oh, the world I could create.
Laugh like it’s not awkward
Walk away, I hear you sigh
I’ve never felt this unoriginal
I read all the right books
I knew every line
To every Spill Canvas song
My heart isn’t in it to win it
So I gave up and forgot
Until that night you were unforgettable
I smiled and joked to ease the tension
You stood so tall and still
You had to lean down to kiss my hair
Sing me a lullaby
Remind me of what you see that I can’t
And I’ll write you a love letter with my eyes
Take these hands
these hands that once were mine
now they're yours and I want you to take them
take them and make them whole
love them and want them near you now
help them see their beauty
show them happiness
make them miss you when you're gone
hold them and know them like your own
make them feel safe when you hold them
don't hurt them more than necessary
never lie to them or cheat
make memories and take pictures
but most importantly, never let go.
If all is true
and true is all
then who are you
and why did you let me fall?
to enter here is a risk
but what's life without it?
so open the door and step inside
I'm going to take you for a ride.
A stab in the back
a hole in the heart
yank me with your words
Leave my pain alone
it's my problem
dealing on my own
forget my name now
drop the act
you care less
hurt me again
make it sting
wake me from this dream
goodbye I guess I should say.