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What do you do with a man that's broken?
His heart was trampled and awoken
Bruised and used
Rain and pain
He wants to see the light again
To feel the glow
But he doesn't know
His shooting star is much too far to possibly obtain
Then comes more pain
A hand for marriage cut in carnage
A shoulder for tears gouged by clouded eyes
Confessions of love run through with lies from that eye
That eye
That eye
An enemy saved
A wish blown out
Lights silhouette his final stand
Levers
I love you
Light fades
What do you do with a man that's dead?

What do you do with a man that's lied to?
Every dream of his is tied to
The future of light
Of hopes
Of dreams
Of trust
Of truth
It's not what is seems
Betrayed
Dismayed
He goes out alone
To slice despair to blood and bone
She’s there
She’s dead
He must move on
She was the light but now she’s gone
Mislead eyes cut down to one
A bloody body and then it’s done
Fight for hope
Fight for future
Fight for those you loved and lost
Once three
Then two
Then one
What do you do with a man that's broken?

What do you do with a woman that's dead?
She’s sunshine and smiles and kisses she said
Her laughter is sweet
Her smiles are coy
She’s attracted the sights of a very nice boy
Now she’s tough and she’s strong and she’s silly and loud
School’s out and she’s helping and feels so proud
So help them
And teach them
And lead them
And love them
And pull them all down to the pits of despair
Her heart turns black
Behind his back
Her eyes like bullet holes
She lies and lies and lies and lies
She screams and weeps to the empty skies
She’s not herself
She’s hurt them all
She lost herself and she’ll take the fall
He'll keep you safe
He'll save your life
He'll be your husband and you his wife
And now she's here
On the chandelier
Causing tears and screams of shock and fear
Down
Down
Down
What do you do with a woman that's lied to?

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She was whisked away in escapades of black lace and mystery
Lavender
Trust
Teacups
Dust
A life left to memory's hold
Eyes full of fire, burn bright from the pyre
Frost curls sharp 'round the heart
She’s foolish and lovestruck and trusting and broken and wishing they weren’t far apart
The comforting hands are charred and scarred and hidden by a veil
The gamble of one, once all is done, fails to prevail
A parting word
To the caged bird
Digs deep into her soul
Be careful,
It says
I must be gone
Take this heart and go move on
She locks it tight to keep it hers
She ignores the fact her vision blurs
The grace and poise and porcelain skin
The black and the red and mischievous grin
The smooth soft words like breeze to her ears
The kissing and laughter and wiping of tears
On burns the lace
The soul
The mind
Ash
Is all that's left behind

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Sweet honey
Bitter coffee
The tang of gasoline
Hurting
Working
Mourning
Trapped
Trapped within despair's cruel scheme
Lives of pride
A life that hides
Three the world has shunned
Secrets shown
New bonds grown
Smiling and laughing as one
But memories, still, persist to flow
They meet, there's blood
He couldn't let go
They're gone
They're gone
We need to to move on
But one can't cry enough for three
Who've been broken and shattered and forced to flee
Screams of sorrow
Will continue tomorrow
While eyes look on with furious plight
No remedy close or even in sight
Alone
Then angry
Then stiff
Then sad
Then new
Then true
Blood splashes
Life flashes
Darkness envelops his broken soul
Heavenly light
Is now in sight
And tears and fears are washed away
By wishes and kisses for every day
Every day he stayed alone
Every day too far from home
Every day that he asked himself when
He would see the loves of his life again

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Fresh shiny quarters stuffed into pockets
Painful memories shoved into lockets
A life so bland it makes her shy
The world closed off from her wandering eye
Her smile is soft and turns his way
In the dimming glow of fading day
Sixteen different, separate lives
Reconnected
Respected
Brought alive
All by her
Is she aware?
The girl with pale, purple hair
Days and nights pass by with ease
Full of 8-bit noises and another please
His big descision
His clouded vision
He says his last goodbye
She waits
And waits
And waits for him
And waits more under the bright blue sky
She sees him there
With his long black hair
And unseeing ruby eyes
A friend from the past
Brought back at last
It's a horrible, shocking surprise
Banded together
No matter the weather
Unite
To fight
To slip away from the hopeful light
Tricked to a hallway by bitter touches
Lead by a hand of comforting lies
We'll find them
We'll save them
She's pushed into darkness by those eyes
And then she is given a chance to escape
A chance to repair
A chance to never give into despair
To slice the skin with a searing flood
And coax out the gore with scarlet blood
To rip her to shreds
Bit by bit
And take all the dreams that she cared to admit
Because the one watching has utter control
To give her the hope to further her goal
She opens the door
Like she did before
Reaching and wanting
But what is it for?
They smile, she follows, she’s finished her part
As a pointed spear drives straight through her heart
She lies there now
In a sea of red
There's not much time
She'll soon be dead
There’s one last moment
One last smile
One last tear while all the while
He watches and waits and wonders and thinks
She falls, he cries, his stomach sinks
She was different
And interesting
Boring
And gone
Special
And lovely
The pixels turn on
He’s washed to the background
Salt breeze in his hair
They all make it out
But he doesn’t know where
His head’s much to scrambled
His life so much tamer
But he’ll always remember the Super High School Level Gamer

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It's been so long she's forgotten how to feel
The wounds in her heart still forgetting to heal
The sweet taste of lips was only a cage
To keep her ensnared and dilute the rage
But the pain's in the past
The breaths she just took were her final and last
It's dark
It's cold
It's bright
It's gold
It's heaven
She's dead
The water
She bled
And now she's alone
And she's so far from home
And she misses her friend
She's too far past the end
To open her eyes and return
And it makes her heart burn
It burns her heart and makes her cry
It makes her think and wonder why
Why did she love her?
Why did she miss her?
Why did she want to desperately to kiss her?
Why was it over?
Why did they fight?
But the answers are shrowded
So on goes her plight
She daydreams of sweets and that very first day
That she met the young girl that whisked her away
The one that was sweet
And soft
And proud
And scared
And weak
And worried
And vowed
Vowed to her that she was her friend
Her lover
Her partner
But it came to an end
When she had screwed up
And was tossed to the side
And was trampled like trash
When they ran while she cried
It had broken her heart
It had broken her soul
It had made her so angry
And swallowed her whole
It had kept her so trapped when she thought she was free
It had torned them apart
But now she could see
That the other was scared
She was so so unprepared
The sweet little girl had been petrified
Full of worries and thoughts that could tarnish her pride
She wanted to grab her and hold her close
To apologize
And diagnose
The amount of love
And hope
And trust
That would be needed to clean off the rust
But still she cried
And cried
And cried
She could never go back now because she had died
She would never again see the girl in the streets
Who offered her hand and offered her sweets
She never again would hold the girl's hand
As they raced down the beach on the hot summer sand
She could now only watch from her cloud high above
She could now only watch her confectioner love

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She's sweet
Her powdered sugar hands are delicate
She's sweet
People flock and buzz like flies
She's sweet
They always praise her talent
She's sweet
Even though she can see all their lies
She's loved
He's always there for her
She's loved
He'll never say goodbye
She's loved
He'd never betray her
She's loved
He's only a stronger lie
She's trusted
She has a new partner now
She's trusted
When they kiss the girl looks shy
She's trusted
But the girl won't eat her sweets
She's trusted
This one's the biggest lie
She's trapped
She can't trust anyone
She's trapped
She can't, she cannot die
She's trapped
She had to kill him, see?
She's trapped
Is that her heart's own lie?
She's happy
She's independent now
She's happy
She'll survive all on her own
She's happy
She's always sweet and kind
She's lying
So why is she always alone?

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He forged this heart from liquid fire
Molded and sculpted to his own desire
Gave it armor
Took it's strife
Gave it weapons
Breathed it life
Took emotions and shut them off
Repeated, retreated, began to cough
The smoke too thick, he couldn't see
Then pink arrived and set him free
He's fallen in love
She's just so sweet
She's just so proud
And so unique
She's been betrayed
They've both been trapped
He keeps her secret
And keeps her wrapped
Within his arms
He's always there
He wipes her tears
And ruffles her hair
He leans in as he takes a kiss
He tastes the sweet
He loses the bliss
But not the love
He loves her so
Betrayed or not
He'll never go
He'd never leave
Hang her to dry
But you just don't choose that when you die
He holds her as they drift apart
My dear, you've melted my metal heart

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Break
Her world shatters beneath her feet
Everything changes, she’s forced to retreat
It’s all too much, she just can’t think All she can see is the dripping pink
Knockback
She wants to hide, to escape and run
This isn’t a game
This isn’t fun
But this is reality
This is her life
This is her challenge
And this is her strife
Dance
After a while, the smiles come faster
They fight and move on, through every disaster
Bonds become stronger and fingers brush Looks become longer as faces blush
Paralyze
It’s over
It’s done
They did it
They won
As dust settles down and they’re wrapped up in bliss
One pulls the other one in for a kiss
Move
The sun rises bathing the bedspread with gold
The blanket has shifted, the night was too cold
Inch after inch, she pulls it all back
Ignoring the groaning, ignoring the slap
She smiles and pulls the girl close to her chest
Cuddled and cozy is really the best
Burn
Bruised lips
Flushed cheeks
Breath hot against her skin
Pushing closer
Ever closer
Sweet lips into a grin
Detect
I’m sorry I’m like this
Don’t ever change
I’m crazy and weird
Well I’m ditsy and strange
I’ll stay with you always
You’re sure that that’s wise?
She hugs her kisses the tears from her eyes
Link
Their hearts melt in tandem
Their life blooms anew
A chapel hears whispers of a quiet
"I do"

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Violin
Talk don't mutter
Tell your heart to never stutter
Stand up tall
Stand up proud
Smile and wave for the hungry crowd
Keep in check
Be perfection
That's how you go in the right direction

Mismatched socks
A tea stained shirt
Scrapes you tell yourself don't hurt
Stumbling feet
A paper bag
Shirts or coats that slightly sag
Running home from the rainy sky
That's how you live being a normal guy

The school
The letter
He made it
He's better
He's better than all of them
He's the only one
He's better than all of them because he won

The raffle
The stakes
He'll do what it takes
He just wants to win
He has to get in
He does
He goes
He feels gallant
Even if he got in without real talent

They meet
They talk
Getting closer each day
They laugh
Because really it’s nicer this way
They smile
And joke
He loves his eyes...
And they fall in love (to their surprise)

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Smiles and laughter started it all
Sweet teas and sweet treats and trips to the mall
They hugged and joked while all the while
The swimmer was drawn to her beautiful smile
Drawn to her laugh
Drawn to her eyes
Drawn to her heart
Her lows
And her highs
With every day on, she fell further in love
She sank deeper in
But could only dream of
A day she could grab her
And kiss her sweet lips
And tell her she loved her
Grab hold of her hips
In the dream they danced
And laughed
And joked
They kiss once again
And then she awoke
Memories were strong and they had their hold
But she had been real
And she had been bold
She had been strong, going through life full throttle
But was taken away by a medicine bottle
The emptiness hurt her when she was awake
The unending feeling her heart was to break
She’d escaped long ago
Moving far far away
And they'd brought on a world full of bright shining day
Friends could now smile as they walked down the street
However for her it felt so incomplete
Each morning she'd wake up
And look in the mirror
Wishing she’d come back and cuddle up near her
That she could still cry
And she'd make her feel better
Instead of re-reading each hidden love letter
Worn from her heart
And worn from her tears
Dripping with care
And speckled with fears
Years worth of love notes that all made her think
Of small cherry blossoms
So perfect
And pink