girlbehindtheglass3

I look back now and should have seen it coming. Putting pins in my hair, telling myself not to quiver in the mirror. Making up my face, more than I had ever before. Waiting for you to come to the door. With you in your too big suit, and shining shoes, I knew you were right for me. The way you looked shyly at me lookin' shyly at you, The way you held my waist and pulled me just close enough to smell your cologne, The way you made me smile with our silly nervous talkin'. It was a perfect night; I should have seen it coming. When we finished our dancin' and drove back to our friend's house for a few more hours together I looked back in

You are the glue that holds my formless mind together. Every memory of the "us" we were keeps me focused. That is my goal, our combined goal. We're strong because we know what we want. In the end, we want each other. We want to be dirt poor together, living in a studio apartment over a bar, Being unbelievably blissful. I want to cook you dinner at 2 a.m. when you're much too stressed to eat anything at all. I want to make you smile at my playful spite and reach out to feel you breathing next to me. I want your skin to be touching my skin for the majority of each day. But for now, this will be us: Living deeply in love, a million m

The one I live for shared a secret with me today and told me not to tell, But with his kiss still on my lips, I told— I told this secret to myself over and over And smiled at his confidence in me. He need not worry where his thoughts go after they meet my mind. I will not give them up for fear or death. I am proud to be his one and only, his secret keeper and his friend To have and to hold until forever ends.

Fill up the trunk with our few belongings and we are off. A chest of drawers tied to our beaten down truck's bed and a few blankets are all we need. Windows rolled down, radio turned up, engine humming. We drive without boundaries or maps, Just following the sun to find where it finally settles, Up over mountains and under tall bridges: The quest for the perfect sunset, the quest for perfection. We park alongside highways when the weather is just right, After the sun dips down past where we cannot see, And roam the overgrown summer fields. We wait until night comes to catch the meteors that fall, little reminders of other worlds

What I fear is the day when you are no longer mine. When the Sun that you are for me suddenly burns out, And my days turn gray. When I wake up, alone and enveloped in darkness, When I must breathe, alone and hear only one heartbeat, My own. I fear the drab of my life, the day when you are no longer mine. All the pieces of me you gently tucked away in cupboards will come sprawling out, And slowly shatter around me. The absence of you will haunt me every waking moment, Like the shadows behind the curtains in my bedroom. I fear becoming strangers. We are existent and have a tangible love, How could it ever fade away? My beamin

I close my eyes to the glass shattering around me, To pretend that it isn't there. Nothing is changing, It's still you and me. And let's say it'll stay that way, But we can't tell for sure. When time and space become our enemies will things still be the same? Will all my doodled hearts still automatically be yours And will I be the first you tell good news to? Distance changes people and it frightens me. Don't let us be that pair to be crushed by time apart. We'll look at the pictures and deny it. "That's not us"

You never read my label. You dove right into my little world, headfirst. Thunderstruck, anxious, unbound. Blind? Could you see my faults, my undoings? I'm not everything I'm supposed to be, Which isn't much in the first place. How many times have you regretted your decision to be a part of me? And how many times will I make you do that again? So here is what I should have said, that I never said, that you didn't know: I'm a handful, I'm not confident, I complain, I'm not adventurous enough, I hate being inside, I'm not always happy and I won't change. And I'm sorry for not telling you sooner, To save you from all this trouble.

I found what you were looking for In the depths of my gaze that night. At first I though "no, this cannot be it," But then I realized that it could be nothing but… My heart was somewhere far out on the horizon, When you stared through my glassy gape, But you reached my core and brought me back to the shore, With nothing but a smile. So subtle and carefree you made it, But it meant so much. The upturned corners of your lips Made me blink and wash the sea from my mind. Thanks.

You can walk by me everyday, But I will not move a muscle. I am the girl behind the glass. Perfectly preserved from years of being left out in the cold. I may be beautiful, but you cannot touch me, Because I could turn into dust. I see you walk by me everyday. I envy your freedom, beyond the smudged glass. You cannot see my eyes move. I am the girl behind the glass, And you cannot have me Because I am inert.

I'm glad we are free. I'm happiest when we roam like nomads. But unlike them, We know our home. Our home is where our hearts belong, And we carry our hearts with us. Where we are is where we live, No matter for how short a time. When we laugh, we live out loud And when we smile, we live in light. I love (we love) the living of our lives. Here we are and here we will stay, Wherever here is, Until the last song is played and the last whisper spoken. And when we leave our lives behind, We will sink into the fields and our spirits can live amongst the wind And continue to roam.