I wish I had answers for you
An account of the truth
A frozen bag of peas to heal
This black and blue
But I got nothing of the sort
Leaving was my last resort
I only did what I knew how to do
When our ship was sinking
I thought we’d make it out alive
I thought we might be different
But our leaves still died in the fall
And after all
It happens all the time
Now I’m three thousand miles
From the scene of the crime
But don’t mistake my moving for moving on
I’m still running in my dreams
No one’s buying my old schemes
Please protect yourself from me
I’m still learning lessons
The basics of being kind
But I can no longer
Hold myself on trial
My heart is good
I fucked up bad
Anyone could
But this pain is not completely yours
I may have done the most damage
But it’s still teamwork
It hurts having a broken heart
But it hurts breaking them too
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