Just Best Friends with the Perks
Tonight, I pour over everything
Every look, every word, every touch; analysing
How could I have been so wrong?
I should have known it wouldn’t last long
“Soulmates”
Yet everything’s gone, without a trace
I assured you that everything was fine
We weren’t going to cross that line
And I hope you know, I never lied
I couldn’t control what went on inside
I don’t know when things started to change
But after all that we exchanged
My heart couldn’t wait
It was too late
“I don’t look at anyone the way I look at you”
Was that true?
So many mixed signals, I don’t know what to believe
Your feelings got “more intense,” but then you ghosted me
Sometimes still, you look at me in such a way
That makes me want to believe that everything’s okay
Deep forest green invading dark chocolate rings
A single, simple glance could make me feel like I had wings
I thought that I was flying, but now it’s clear that I was falling
I was in denial, so sure I was forestalling
Certain I was cutting down the vines
That were pulling me into those esoteric eyes
But I guess your lashes work like razor blades
And finally you blinked, then you walked away
Anything tying you to me fell limp onto the ground
With me still tangled in their grasp; gagged and bound
“I’m going into this without feeling,” you spoke, “detached”
Yet, the way we were, our feelings seemed matched
I know we said we wouldn’t work, no need to try
But we did for a time, so I keep asking why
Unanswered questions leave me overwhelmed
From you, I’ve been expelled
You met somebody new and your feelings show upon your face
I try to go back to best friend mode, but now I feel misplaced
But can I even complain when I made this bed myself?
And now I’ve got to lie in it, put these feelings on a shelf
I know I gave you an out, one you wouldn’t take
Like the night I prompted you to kiss me in my drunken state
Was this a mistake?
Every look, every word, every touch; analysing
How could I have been so wrong?
I should have known it wouldn’t last long
“Soulmates”
Yet everything’s gone, without a trace
I assured you that everything was fine
We weren’t going to cross that line
And I hope you know, I never lied
I couldn’t control what went on inside
I don’t know when things started to change
But after all that we exchanged
My heart couldn’t wait
It was too late
“I don’t look at anyone the way I look at you”
Was that true?
So many mixed signals, I don’t know what to believe
Your feelings got “more intense,” but then you ghosted me
Sometimes still, you look at me in such a way
That makes me want to believe that everything’s okay
Deep forest green invading dark chocolate rings
A single, simple glance could make me feel like I had wings
I thought that I was flying, but now it’s clear that I was falling
I was in denial, so sure I was forestalling
Certain I was cutting down the vines
That were pulling me into those esoteric eyes
But I guess your lashes work like razor blades
And finally you blinked, then you walked away
Anything tying you to me fell limp onto the ground
With me still tangled in their grasp; gagged and bound
“I’m going into this without feeling,” you spoke, “detached”
Yet, the way we were, our feelings seemed matched
I know we said we wouldn’t work, no need to try
But we did for a time, so I keep asking why
Unanswered questions leave me overwhelmed
From you, I’ve been expelled
You met somebody new and your feelings show upon your face
I try to go back to best friend mode, but now I feel misplaced
But can I even complain when I made this bed myself?
And now I’ve got to lie in it, put these feelings on a shelf
I know I gave you an out, one you wouldn’t take
Like the night I prompted you to kiss me in my drunken state
Was this a mistake?