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Loving a guy who can't move on.

Ghosts of Roses (2003/08/16)

So I couldn’t stand up to a memory -
The ghost of his scent as it lingers on the pillow...
And as I shed my skin to sleep in a bed
That now cradles just a shadow
I'm left naked...

So I couldn't break your chains -
With the caress of pain upon pain upon pain upon pain upon fear...
The marks of the past now etched in the grass
And spring dances its cheer
in your open wounds.

The photo on the wall is too small to hold
A lifetime laid amongst some stones
A handfull of words is too few to share
The joys and the pains and the loss that now stains this home

The lessons I have learned I seem to forget
So I tear myself open to learn them again
Looking back at what I've spent and should I regret
How much I gave and how little it's meant?

Leaving you was the hardest thing to face.
Leaving me was the hardest drink to chase
with a parting shot of truth.

So I couldn't reach out far enough -
And my words were too weak to carry your sins
The doubt in your eyes was the perfect disguise
To bury my weakness within.

If hindsight is perfect then tell me that's why
The night tastes of incense as you bow at his shrine
If love is forever then sing me your song
As you run from the demons that drag you along...

Leaving you was the hardest thing to face.
Leaving me was the hardest drink to chase.
Leaving you was the fantasy I hid.
Leaving me was the best thing you did.
'Cuz now I'm free.


But even now I taste the salt
As I ponder a future that lies beneath my feet
I still feel my arms around your waist
And the taste of the wind as we raced alone
Through this menagerie of steel and concrete

Yeah, I'm sorry that stories must end
And that dreams can change in a heartbeat.
I'm sorry that friends will come and go
And that time leaves us with only the ghosts of roses