Wants, Needs, And The Damage In Between

Got up from the ground

To continue the story

Beating heart in hand

To march through the grim and gory

“I was just wondering

If you’d come along…”

Since you gave me a listen

And you appeared to like my song

Waded through the pessimism

To find you standing in the back

Little did he know…

The deck had been stacked

Knife in hand she turns to leave

As he lies there and slowly bleeds

Not sure if he got what he wanted

But apparently, this is what he needs

It wasn’t moving fast enough

So we traded in our steeds

It wasn’t growing fast enough

So we traded in our seeds

It wasn’t tangled up enough

So we amped up our weeds

And when it was everything we wanted

It became nothing any of us need

A knock at the door

Has me begging for more

And she’d be gone now

Except she’s been here before

Locked in my mind

With no room to expand

If you wanna make God laugh

Then just tell Him what you have planned

A prayer for over there

A wish for none of this

A gesture of something better

But still a Miss I truly miss

So give me one good reason to stay

And I’ll give you one for me to go

Tell me honestly what you think

And I’ll tell you everything I know

Her face lights up at his mention

And then I’m losing her attention

Just another studded example

Of my lack of relational retention

It wasn’t what we stood for

So we traded in our creed

It wasn’t in the way enough

So we decided to further impede

It wasn’t unclear enough

So we decided to mislead

And when it was everything we wanted

It became nothing any of us need

I’m not what you wanted

But I’ll continue to be that Swede

And I’m not on the street

But I’m still being trampled by this stampede

I don’t want a sentiment

That wasn’t intended for me

So take your charming personality

And simply leave me be

Another one down

But then there are more on the horizon

Stuck in the middle of it all

While still searching for that one

If insanity were a hobby

And listlessness a skill

I’d be one-up on everyone else

And the undisputed king of the hill

Take me to a show

And put on a show for me

Convince me that you’re convinced

Of the two of us being “we”

Then pin me down backstage

With the curtains that match the drapes

Let us never have an audience

And simply watch how love escapes

It wasn’t accumulating fast enough

So we stepped up our greed

It wasn’t dying fast enough

So we cut it down and watched it bleed

It wasn’t worth begging for

So we instead decided to plead

And when it was everything we wanted

It became nothing any of us need

Longwinded became the norm

And there was no longer a calm before the storm

We stood there and watched it abashed

But could do nothing as we were turned to ash…