You Can't Love a Dead Boy
You can’t miss what you never knew
Can’t smile at an absent face
There’s no one to come res;cue
‘Cause you’ve already left this place
And in this place you seem to linger
A phantom of what you were
Chokes our lives with an icy finger
Numbing; it’s all a blur.
The hallway is a church isle
The locker; a symbol of your grave
Both constant reminders;
Of the boy we didn’t save
The noose around your neck
Red ribbons from your razor
Shattering song of your shotgun
Drowning; Drifting; Deeper
Funny how we love you more
Isn’t that the way it always goes?
You didn’t mean this much to us before
Just another set of eyes. A mouth. A nose.
But now thoughts of you writhe beneath our skin,
As the realization slowly sinks in
You’re like an abandoned toy,
You just can’t love a dead boy.
Can’t smile at an absent face
There’s no one to come res;cue
‘Cause you’ve already left this place
And in this place you seem to linger
A phantom of what you were
Chokes our lives with an icy finger
Numbing; it’s all a blur.
The hallway is a church isle
The locker; a symbol of your grave
Both constant reminders;
Of the boy we didn’t save
The noose around your neck
Red ribbons from your razor
Shattering song of your shotgun
Drowning; Drifting; Deeper
Funny how we love you more
Isn’t that the way it always goes?
You didn’t mean this much to us before
Just another set of eyes. A mouth. A nose.
But now thoughts of you writhe beneath our skin,
As the realization slowly sinks in
You’re like an abandoned toy,
You just can’t love a dead boy.