Poppy

Didn't have the words to use Maybe 'cause we hardly spoke I rattled off in ancient tongues You leaned and listened as I drove You'd keep your dog out of the house Whenever I came wilding 'round Maybe 'cause to hold me close You'd have to hold me to the ground I didn't know if the love you bestowed on me Was real or somehow make believe I didn't know that when I said I had to go You really were the one who had to leave But you didn't have to leave You didn't have to leave You barely ever touched your plate In that rapper's hometown spot I snapped a photo anyway Your hands in prayer in front the cross You used to bring me homemade meals In mason jars near every day And as my wits came back to me I foolishly pushed you away I didn't know if the love you bestowed on me Was real or somehow make believe I didn't know that when I said I had to go You really were the one who had to leave But you didn't have to leave You didn't have to leave These days I'm kept late like a fool The tortured thoughts crowding my mind That if our paths had never crossed Somehow you'd still be alive That if I never sought you out Never held you in my arms Then maybe God would have seen fit To never let you see such harm I didn't know if the love you bestowed on me Was real or somehow make believe I didn't know that when I said I had to go You really were the one who had to leave But you didn't have to leave You didn't have to leave