A Week Since You Left

The last set of song lyrics that I posted were really upbeat and positive and sappy. In the interest of balance, here is one that leans in the opposite direction. I'm not actually bipolar. It's just poetry. I can write this stuff without actually feeling the emotions the narrator must be feeling. Honest.

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It's a week since you left,

And I'm so bereft,

A mangled-up ball of emotion.

I feel like a sham,

And I don't give a damn.

I'm struggling to go through the motions.

 

I can't let you see that I'm falling apart,

But when I go out I don't know what to do.

I can't let you know that you've torn out my heart,

So I try to pretend I can live without you.

 

It's a week since I've slept,

And I'm such a mess,

But I put on a brave face and fake it.

I think about you,

And I know what to do.

It hurts but I just have to take it.

 

So no one can know that I just want to die.

I pretend to believe I can find someone new.

I walk through the park and I stare at the sky.

If you found out you'd hurt me, that might hurt you.

 

For a week you've been gone,

And my life is just done,

Since I have no more use for my future.

I'm deeply obsessed,

And completely distressed,

Because thinking about you is torture.

 

But I relish the hurt, it reminds me of you,

I don't want to forget or get over the pain.

You're my reason to live even though we are through,

And forgetting would mean that I'd lose you again.

 

For a week I'm alone,

And I guess that's the plan,

Even though it's incredibly lonely.

I will learn not to fuss,

And I'll do what I must,

And I'll think about you, and you only.

 

So go, live your life, and forget about me,

I promise I won't let you know of my pain.

I wish you the joy, be content and carefree,

Go, leave me behind, and find true love again.

 

Everything About You

M:	The way you smile when I look at you,
M:	Your gorgeous hair and the way you laugh,
M:	Your sense of humor splits me in two;
M:	Your wicked smirk breaks my heart in half.
F:	I like the way that you look at me,
F:	Love the admiration in your stare.
F:	So tall and handsome and so carefree,
F:	Your humble blush caught me unaware.
Duet:	Everything about you,
Duet:	Everything that makes you
Duet:	Who you are.
Duet:	It isn't any one thing,
Duet:	It's everything.
Duet:	Every single thing,
Duet:	It's everything about you.
M:	I love your voice and your burning eyes.
M:	I love your wit and your curvy form.
M:	You are as clever as you are wise,
M:	As full of grace as you are of charm.
F:	Your corny jokes keep me entertained.
F:	My tummy flips when you hold my hand.
F:	Your creativity is unrestrained.
F:	You always ask, but you don't demand.
Duet:	Everything about you,
Duet:	Everything that makes you
Duet:	Who and what you are.
M:	It isn't one thing,	same time
F:	Isn't any one thing,
Duet:	It's everything.
Backup:	That's what I love,
Duet:	Every single thing,
Backup:	... is what I love,
Duet:	It's everything about you.	same time
Backup:	... what I love about you.
M:	I can rely on your common sense.
M:	I love your drive, know that you'll succeed.
M:	You always know when to take a chance.
M:	You make it clear to me what you need.
F:	You're always working with those burly arms,
F:	But you have time to tell me how you feel.
F:	Your compassion takes so many forms,
F:	Your generosity is so unreal.
Duet:	It isn't any one thing,
Duet:	Because it's everything.
Backup:	That's what I love,
Duet:	Every single thing,
Backup:	... is what I love,
Duet:	It's everything about you.	same time
Backup:	... what I love about you.
Rap Bridge: [M should have no breaks in his flow as he raps like J-None in Valhalla Calling.] [F talks over him, overlapping the end of his line and start of the next one.] [F speaks at a slower speed than M, in a breathy alto half-whispered bedroom voice.]
M:	Hold up now, I gotta verbalize
F:	Please do advise.
M:	What you mean to me; I must vocalize
F:	I can empathize.
M:	What it's taken me a while to realize,
F:	Let me emphasize:
M:	'Cause you look at me and I'm mesmerized.
F:	You're the prize,
M:	I'm awestruck, bowled over, and hypnotized,
F:	Your face a sunrise.
M:	My blood pressure is on the rise.
F:	Did you know I fantasize
M:	You know how I like to just look into your eyes,
F:	about touching your hair?
M:	I get so lost in your gaze that it's hard not to stare,
F:	I don't even care.
M:	'Cause no other girl that I've met can compare,
F:	You're so debonair,
M:	You've got your own style, your own kind of flair,
F:	I fell out of my chair,
M:	And I really must say that we make quite a pair,
F:	Consider my plight,
M:	'Cause whenever I'm sad, you are such a delight,
F:	Now I'm upright,
M:	Your mind is so keen and your face is so bright,
F:	But I'm still quite a sight,
M:	You take all my passions and set them alight,
F:	I'm getting excited,
M:	Awakening all of my base appetites,
F:	Weak in the knee,
M:	So I swear to you that now I'm gonna be
F:	'Cause I think I see
M:	Your number one fan and your best devotee.
F:	How you feel about me,
M:	'Cause I'm looking at you and you're looking at me,
F:	And that's gotta be
M:	And you're giving off all of the right energy.
F:	The best thing that's happened to me.
M:	I'm picking that vibe up and liking it too,
F:	That makes two:
M:	And now that I've got it I know what to do,
F:	I'm liking it too.
M:	And my days of pining for you might be through,
F:	Yeah I'm with you.
M:	'Cause I'm telling you now that I'm in love with you.
F:	Oh, me too.
M:	I never knew, until I met you,
M:	How much emotion my heart could feel.
Duet:	It's a little too good to be true,
M:	But now I surely believe it's real.
F:	I never worry that you're gonna cheat:
F:	I can see the focus in your eyes.
Duet:	It's your love that makes my heart beat.
F:	And when I'm with you the time just flies.
Duet:	Everything about you,
Duet:	Everything that makes you
Backup:	Who...
Duet:	Who you are.
Backup:	... you ... are.
M:	It isn't just one thing	same time
F:	It isn't any single thing,
Duet:	It's all of the things.
Backup:	That's what I love,
Duet:	Every single thing,
Backup:	... is what I love,
Chorus:	It's everything about you.
Duet:	Every single thing,
Chorus:	Everything about you.
Duet:	It isn't any one single thing.
Duet:	It's all of the things.
Backup:	That's what I love,
Duet:	Every single thing,
Backup:	... is what I love,
Chorus:	It's everything about you.
Duet:	Every single thing,
Chorus:	Everything about you.
M:	Everything about you.
Backup:	That's what I love.
F:	It's everything about you.
Backup:	Everything I love.
Duet:	Everything about you.
Chorus:	Everything about you.
Chorus:	Everything about you.

Cut out of a Mountain

It was a rock,

Cut out of a mountain.

Not by human hands.

It was a rock,

Cut out of a mountain.

Do you understand?

 

[Musical introduction]

 

The wind blows in the north.

The wind blows in the south,

Eventually we all strike out,

And everything we care about

Goes flying in the wind.

 

It was a rock,

Cut out of a mountain.

Not by human hands.

It was a rock,

Cut out of a mountain.

Do you understand?

 

Everything that we have done,

However great, the time will come.

We build it tall.

We build it strong,

But it will fall,

Before too long.

Everything that we have made

Is doomed to fail, and then to fade.

Everything that we have built

Will break and let us down.

 

We work the long day through,

But what good does it do?

We hurry forth, we hurry back,

Running on our weary track,

Until it's gone again.

 

It was a rock,

Cut out of a mountain.

Not by human hands.

It was a rock,

Cut out of a mountain.

Do you understand?

 

Everything that we have done,

However great, the time will come.

We build it tall.

We build it strong,

But it will fall,

Before too long.

Everything that we have made

Is doomed to fail, and then to fade.

Everything that we have built

Will break and let us down.

 

[musical outro]

 

Do you understand?

It was a mountain...

Do you understand?

It was a mountain...

[repeat, fading to silence]