The Heart Stealer

I was a killer, was the best they'd ever seen.
I'd steal your heart before you ever heard a thing.
I'm an assassin and I had a job to do.
Little did I know, that girl was an assassin, too.
- John Mayer

Jack Barakat was the heart stealer.
He'd get in, get done, and then get gone.
But that all changed the day he met Kelly Veneziano.

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"I fell for you, Kelly."
"I never had any intention of catching you."

For my best friend and one of the most fabulous people I know, Kelly.

Is it right to sit and watch this die?
We're slowly letting go, like it's better left alone.
I drove so far to say these lines,
The only thing I wanted was with you.
Save me from the ones that haunt me in the night.
I can't live with myself, so stay with me tonight.
I'm the deer in your headlights,
What's left of me you'll swallow soon.
I'm gonna steal your heart,
Gonna steal your heart away.
Was it real? Or a love scene from a bad dream?
I don't think I can forget about it.
I don't wanna fall to pieces,
I just wanna sit and stare at you.
Got your heart in my hands,
Like a time-bomb ticking.