The Dude Abides

It's as if you started out
on a front page paper newstand
pixilated in black and white
this picture of you now, still beautiful somehow
holding a guy that's not me
*Tonight this candle
will burn this to ashes
I'll drink away problems, still I seem to have his
**Sight of your lips as they are locked on to his
Now it's over
The way this eyes are fixed onto all that I have
V2
It's as if I'm phasing out
Your holding onto his hand
still thinking that I'm alright
The thought of you somehow, is making me sick now
Holding the guy that's not me
*Glass half empty
Time spent wastedly swallowing sights
that my eyes can taste his
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***This is me now now, this is what you've done to me
I'm bent and bruised and taking this away
This was me
****I'm alone now, I don't need anyone
I'm alone now, I don't need anyone