JAMIE, in bed.

JAMIE:

Hey, kid--good morning--
You look like an angel.
I don't remember when we fell asleep.
We should get up, kid--
Cathy is waiting...

Look at us, lying here,
Dreaming, pretending.
I made a promise and I took a vow.
I wrote a story,
And we changed the ending--
Cathy, just look at me now!

Hold on, facts are facts--
Just relax, lay low.
All right, the panic recedes:
Nobody needs to know.

Put on my armor--
I'm off to Ohio.
Back into battle 'til I don't know when.
Swearing to her that I
Never was with you,
And praying I'll hold you again.

Hold on, clip these wings--
Things get out of hand.
All right, it's over, it's done--
No one will understand.
No one will understand...

We build a treehouse,
I keep it from shaking--
Little more glue ev'ry time that it breaks.
Perfectly balanced,
And then I start making
Conscious, deliberate mistakes.

All that I ask for
Is one little corner--
One private room at the back of my heart.
Tell her I found one,
She sends out battalions
To claim it and blow it apart.

I grip and she grips,
And faster, we're sliding.
Sliding and spilling, and what can I do?
Come back to bed, kid--
Take me inside you--
I promise I won't lie to you.

Hold on, don't cry yet--
I won't let you go.
All right--the panic recedes;
All right--everyone bleeds;
All right--I get what I need,
And nobody needs
To know.
Nobody needs to know.

And since I have to be in love with someone,
Since I need to be in love with someone,
Maybe I could be in love with someone
Like you...


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    This relationship is creeply like mine and my boyfriend's only I'm jamie and he's cathy. sad..

    rmjoh992on March 09, 2008   Link

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