Like clockwork
Every two weeks
You decide to fade away
And just like clockwork
Another two weeks pass
Before you say you’ve changed
Like clockwork
The words you promise me
Never match your actions
And just like clockwork
Every lie burns me
Leaving me in ashes
Like clockwork
Two weeks have passed
And you’ve decided to leave
And just like clockwork
I swallow my pride –
Praying for unpredictability.
She sat there in his living room
She sat on his couch just thinking
She remembered their first fight
His words, her tears – everything
She sat there going over the details
All the memories in her mind
She remembered all the work he never did
She remembered him saying goodbye
She sat there waiting for him to speak
For something, anything with meaning
She remembered wanting it all
Wanting him and being forgiving
She sat there getting lost in his apology
In the possibilities, the hope in her soul
Trying to push out the unwanted feelings –
How he made her feel when he let her go
She sat there wondering as she listened
What were they like before his goodbyes?
She knew it could happen again –
He could break her heart and change his mind
But she sat there falling back in love
Giving in again like all those times before
But it was him, it was them – baby it’s us
And I’ve never wanted anything more.
The Dalema 