I can’t pretend not to know you
and I can’t pretend not to care
you told me there was no need to bother with emotion
but I can’t pretend it’s not already there
even if we’re healthy our lives are still fucked
and even if we’re sober we’re both still shit out of luck
living in a loop of wrong directions, missed connections
I just want the answers without having to ask the questions
I don’t want to ask the questions
like on the balcony when you said to me
you got drunk and crashed your car
you said you weren’t happy you survived it
but baby, I just wanna make sure you get out of the bell jar
I met your eyes from the staircase
they told me all I needed to know
you didn’t know what to do, couldn’t stay, couldn’t leave, heart on your sleeve
there was nowhere left for you to go
and out on the back deck, you sounded completely wrecked
talking careful, quietly
you looked shellshocked, your voice stopped, my heart dropped
when I said “you got this”, I meant me
I meant me
on the balcony when you said to me
you got drunk and crashed your car
you said you weren’t happy you survived it
but baby, I just wanna make sure you get out of the bell jar
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