My Former Self

I'll Be Careful, You'll Be Dead

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And this will be
Relatively painless
With an impact like a train wreck
And you believe
There is no escape yet
You will find it through your headset

Sorry this machine is speeding
So fast that I threw you off
Words you spread in privacy are killing me
I know I hurt you
But I'll hurt you more if I don't let you go

My bags are packed
Train ride to a guilt trip
Recited, like words you memorized from movie scripts
But the scene we cannot edit
And when the credits end
No one knows where happy endings just might end up next

Sorry this machine is speeding
So fast that I threw you off
Words you spread in privacy are killing me
I know I hurt you
But I'll hurt you more if I don't let you go

Every little thing's amounted to nothing but here I am

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weezy On Aug 04, 2006

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2006-08-04 20:39:29

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by bitter_uprising

19y ago

dont hurt someone. end it quick and painless. the impact of the fact will always hurt as like that of a train wreck, but holding on long just to have the same ending will only cause more pain. you dont think it would but if you listen to yourself and think it thru you will realize. you may feel sorry to quickly end it. ending any relationship will have its effects. so pack it up. Guilt is almost always felt afterwards, but you can change that. you dont kno how things will turn out later in life but they alway work themselves out. all the little things may seem like nothing, but add them up and you get a domino affect. where the end is having everything fall apart.

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