I'm not used coming through
More accustomed to a-fallin' out
Trying hard now as I can for you
Not to trip up on some stupid doubt
You got your hopes set way up high
Way on up there where the air is thin
Limit's supposed to be the sky
Trying not to let you down again

It's starting to come to me
I didn't know about, I hadn't figured it out
But it's starting to come to me now
A little bit too late

I can't see anything you've done
Any reason for the trouble you've got
You haven't hurt anyone
Compared to most, I'd say that's sayin' quite a lot
I can't help you when you're sad
That's a constant source of pain to me
Because I want to really bad
Even though you make it seem like nothing

It's starting to come to me
Didn't know about, I hadn't figured it out
But it's starting to come to me now
A little bit too late


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    I let my girl slip away from me. I told myself that we were mutually splitting up, but I knew somewhere inside that I was letting it happen to save here from my toxic nature. I thought that I was unhappy with her and myself at the time, and that I couldn't or wouldn't give her what she needed and deserved. Enough time has passed since then that I came to realize that she was my entire life's meaning and that I haven't known happiness at all since we split. I know now what I'm willing and capable of doing to make it work, just a little too late. I've always loved Elliott's writings, but the pain shines too hard when you begin to relate.

    MacFlion January 05, 2015   Link

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