(Circa 2007 )
Who is this stranger standing so arrogantly in front of me?
You look at me with those blue eyes that have seen me cry so many times.
Doing nothing to stop my tears.
Wait.
For a second I thought you let your guard down.
But I must have been mistaken.
You remind me that I always am.
Now smile that cocky smile and walk away.
Please drive away without ever looking back.
As long as you're gone, try to forget about me.
I dare you.
Then later tonight just call my name and I'll be there.
That's what you're so used to now.
That's the reason I'm beginning to hate me.
I am torn and pathetic. And you use it against me.
Break me into a thousand pieces then tell me how much you love me.
That word is a joke now.
Please stop using it on me.
Promises are your lies.
Alcohol is your truth serum.
Make up your mind.
Put out your cigarette.
Be the man I used to know.
I used to love.
Trust me when I say I am not the only one who can see it.
That disguise of yours, it doesn't flatter you.
Please don't ever sing that song to me again.
You don't know what those words mean anymore.
Lies sung to a familiar melody are particularly painful.
Someday I will hear that song on the radio and I won't want to cry.
I will think of a man who knew the words by heart,
A man who could never fulfill the promises the lyrics made.
And I will forgive him.
I will have a new song by then.
A song to be danced to in bare feet on the kitchen floor.
A song to sway to in his strong arms.
He will never sing the words.
But he will show me what they mean.
And I will forget the words to that familiar melody I used to love.
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