All the doors I close
And the people I lose behind them, God knows
And the first time I committed that crime
Was when a girl was way outta line
She stepped on my toes
And got in my way, God knows
And the harder I fought my corner
The more visceral the way she would forlorn ya
So I let the rope go slack
When she said “I don’t know want you back”
And instead of pleading my case
I set the dial to erase
And burned up the photo and memory
Of everything we used to be
All the laughter and the wit
For the sake of the pain and how she hit
It hard with sudden force
And justifications and no remorse
And I, so mild and meek
Would be the highlight of her week
Until I crossed her temper
And the onslaught, I remember
How she turned friends to foes
Whispers of things only she knows
Til that girl blanks me in the hall
And another puts up a wall
Where there used to be open hands
And I’m a stranger in these lands
Because I’ve only ever known friends
But we will not make amends
In this calamitous affair
You wonder do I care
And I do, more than you know
That’s why I’m letting you go
Because your pincers snap
And my map
Had not known this terrain
As I fight the worst of you in vain
And sometimes still
The picture of us never will
Live up to Reality
I’m better off without you and me