I believe everything you say Cuz your not frightened the way I've been so So I follow you Just in case you lose your way So glad you let me stay around The chain link fence you climbed To make forbidden lakes our own Yours and mine And with the ease of the sea gulls We cut the engines and cruise high In the summer sky Now I could speak to everything But there's no room for my voice When sweet feedback is jumping through the hoop of your ear Ring there goes the phone And then you're off again on what the caller brings you So I went and trashed myself at the bar Confused for nothing thinking you'd be there I'm so embarrassed cuz it's you who comes to take care of me Shambling home again with you to lead And it's not the way I want to go And I'm mad at you and I'm mad at me Talking endlessly, not a kind word to say Till your amber beads of wisdom come And I want to write them down just the way you said it So I could keep it always Always I can't forget the smell of summer trees at midnight Bending backwards to please the wind You touch the tattoo of the sun on a warm belly that once carried a baby for awhile And let that crackled leather jacket round you fold Red face saints monogrammed in gold And in this beauty I would not go any further Cause I suddenly remembered we can't live this way forever Idle daylight I never caught you in a lie Not until now What will you do when the feeling that you have is through I need to know cuz i'll never stop hanging onto you And it's times like this that I dread When there's everything to say And nothing left to be said And it makes me sad.
Reason for writing:
This poem is by Stephan Jenkins from the band Third eye blind.
His use of imagery, and the underlying meaning and truth to
his poem inspired me to share it with others who have had
the same experience. It's an extremely accurate portrayal
of the hardships of miscommunication and misleading that occurs
in a relationship.
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