i’m just getting color back into my face

think about the place where you first met me

band-aids don’t fix bullet holes

my knuckles were bruised like violets sucker punching walls, cursed you as i sleep-talked

me and my wild boy and all this wild joy

is it a wonder i broke? let's hear one more joke

i wake in the night, i pace like a ghost the room is on fire, invisible smoke and all of my heros die all alone help me hold onto you i’ve been the archer i’ve been the prey

reputation precedes me, they told you i'm crazy

do you remember the 28th night of september?

i said, oh my, what a marvelous tune it was the best night, never would forget how we moved

hush when no one is around, my dear

baby, was it over when she laid down on your couch? was it over when he unbuttoned my blouse? come here, i whispered in your ear in your dream as you passed out, baby was it over then? and is it over now?

you smile with that beautiful smile and all the girls in the front row scream your name

from sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes i gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this i hosted parties and starved my body like i'd be saved by a perfect kiss

but I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain and it's 2 a.m. and i'm cursing your name so in love that you act insane and that's the way i loved you

are you gonna marry, kiss, or kill me? it's just a game, but really i'm betting on all three for us two

every morning, i glared at you with storms in my eyes. how can you say that you love someone you can't tell is dying?

got a long list of ex lovers

clear blue water high tide came and brought you in

hand on the throttle thought i caught lightning in a bottle, oh but it's gone again

he opens up my door and i get into his car and he says “you look beautiful tonight”. and i feel perfectly fine

i'm taking pictures in my mind so I can save them for a rainy day

what about your promises, promises?

too young to know it gets better i’ll be summer sun for you forever

i’ve never heard silence quite this loud

when the first stone's thrown, there's screaming. in the streets, there's a raging riot. when it's burn the bitch, they're shrieking. when the truth comes out, it's quiet

you weren't mine to lose

even if it’s handcuffed, i’m leaving here with you

while he was doing lines and crossing all of mine someone told his white collar crimes to the FBI and I don't dress for villains or for innocents i'm on my vigilante shit again

i was supposed to be sent away but they forgot to come and get me

cause once your queen had come you treat her like an also-ran you didn't measure up in any measure of a man

just close your eyes (the sun is going down) you'll be alright (no one can hurt you now) come morning light you and I'll be safe and sound

in the middle of the night, when i'm in this dream it's like a million little stars spelling out your name

it’s been a long time coming

give me back my girlhood, it was mine first

say it once again with feeling how the death rattle breathing silenced as the soul was leaving the deflation of our dreaming leaving me bereft and reeling my beloved ghost and me sitting in a tree D-Y-I-N-G

boys only want love if it’s torture

when the dinner is cold and the chatter gets old you ask for the tab

i’m so sick of running as fast as i can

i dreamed about it in the dark the night I felt like I might die no mid-sized city hopes and small town fears. i'm there most of the year cause I hate it here

i’d kiss you as the lights went out swaying as the room burned down i'd hold you as the water rushes in if i could dance with you again

he said the way my blue eyes shined put those georgia stars to shame that night i said, “that’s a lie”

oh here we go again the voices in his head