Loved Me Like a Book

You loved me like a book New from the store More printed just like me But I'm the one you asked for specifically You loved me like a book Tore off my soft cover Fell into pages as my prose pulled you under You never thought some ink Could make you think so clearly You swore when you blinked There were colours so fiercely You loved me like a book But I should have seen the signs Cause when you read me again for the 45th time You didn't give me the same care as before You cracked my spine as pages fell to the floor My words were stolen from my spine You do it every time yeah You claim chapters that were mine And leave me with the empty spaces Leave me with the empty spaces Leavin' me with my ripped pages Leavin' me with my ripped pages Love story of broken phrases You loved me like a book Till I was little more than junk Taking up room in a box in your trunk Until you dropped me at the secondhand shop That threw me in the five cent used lot Like a book with torn pages Like the junk that I was I waited patiently for someone else to take pause Let their eyes linger Turn the pages lick their finger Notice broken chapters Say I'm better off as cinder And like a book I'll stay a part of you But less and less with every book you read that's new With every new book you get through You'll only take the good And I have less good in me then I should My words were stolen from my spine You do it every time yeah You claim chapters that were mine And leave me with the empty spaces Leave me with the empty spaces Leavin' me with my ripped pages Leavin' me with my ripped pages Love story of broken phrases My words were stolen from my spine You do it every time yeah You claim chapters that were mine And leave me with the empty spaces Leave me with the empty spaces Leavin' me with my ripped pages Leavin' me with my ripped pages Love story of broken phrases