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Created on: July 02, 2009
You had to go
leaving me alone
I watched you
go out the door
mumbling something about
needing time alone
I find you ten years later
on my doorstep with
a wife and three kids
one of the was ten
you had to go and leave me
you had to walk away
knowing
every couple has their problems
every relationship worth saving
would have been saved
the second things got wierd with us
you had to go and leave me
you were scared of all your problems
so instead of fixing you ran away from them
hiding day and night
knowing they'd come back and haunt you
you thought you could outsmart them
you had to go and leave
now didnt you?
you had to leave me alone and afraid
sitting at home
waiting for someone
who had fled the sourrounding area
someone heartless and cruel
guttless on fuel
someone so selfish
they dont bother to stand by
to witness the after shocks of the pain that they've caused
someone that had to go and leave everything behind
because that everything was slowly fading into nothing
that someone was you
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The flowers sit by the door,
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You'll grace this place nevermore.
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