Trials and Error

False expectations have opened up a story book of pictures Painted brightly, catching my attention And holding me away, keeping me in place A pretty face, a smile held corrected perfectly in space Inventing wars for the sake of better stories, flowing pace And there's a reason there's an "X" in your name, so I can cross you out and never see you again And it's driving me crazy, this seeing you daily is mad And maybe, without you, it's easier to see I'm not going to stop you from trying no matter what you ever meant to me And after deciding, I think it's finally obvious That I was struggling to reach, and you were dragging me under Your unexplained deception, a hearts correction of adolescent want I'm sorry I was only flirting the way that I'd been taught So hooray for Hallmark apologies, all your crass cliches would be the death of me Provided, you had somewhere else to stay And I could be wrong, but now as I look into it all I'm finding a liar expecting desire to fall in her hands And though I have grown, I think of the car I'll never own Just so I never have to say those words again And we've had our fun, but even a history book can be done So here's to you my could have been If there's a reason there's an "X" in your name It's probably so I can see right where your heart is And imagine letting go If I was meant to be alone Why get so sentimental with me? It's like I'm constantly hearing you speaking And you know it's driving me crazy Struggling to reach you And I was verging the peak and you were dragging me under Don't get so sentimental