Elation

I showed you a song Didn't learn my part And you didn't care I shrugged it off as art I showed you my eyes How they got so red Your blank pupils stare Because you just don't care How was I to know that you were miserable? My elation won't save me But for now it's alright I showed you a song But I lost the words And you didn't care You clapped in your chair I showed you a street I tried to fill with ghosts But forgot their names As your interest waned How was I to know that you were miserable? My elation won't save me But for now it's alright I don't want to go to my grave feeling like a half truth I don't want to spend my life confessing to the wind I have spent these twenty five years feeling like a burden I don't want to spend another carrying someone else's sins