1989 (from the vault) sentence starters.
what if all i need is you?
love to think you'll never forget.
i'll pay the price, you won't.
but if i'm all dressed up, they might as well be looking at us.
if they call me a slut, you know it might be worth it for once.
if i'm going to be drunk, might as well be drunk in love.
everyone wants him. that was my crime.
we'll pay the price, i guess.
you're not saying you're in love with me.
it might blow up in your pretty face.
i'm not saying "do it anyway," but you're going to.
we're a shot in the darkest dark.
i'm holding out hope for you to say, "don't go."
i would stay forever if you say "don't go."
why'd you have to lead me on?
why'd you have to twist the knife?
why'd you whisper in the dark just to leave me in the night?
you kiss me and it stops time.
i'm yours, but you're not mine.
i was trying to see the cards that you won't show.
why'd you have to give me nothing back?
why'd you have to make me love you?
i said, "i love you," you say nothing back.
did you get anxious though, on the way home?
from the outside, it looks like you're trying lives on.
i miss the old ways, you didn't have to change.
i cannot be your friend, so i pay the price of what i lost.
truth is, i can't pretend it's platonic, it's just ended.
guess maybe i am better off now that we don't talk.
the only way back to my dignity was to turn into a shrouded mystery.
you were so magnetic, it was almost obnoxious.
i didn't come here to make friends.
when you hold me, it holds me together.
you kiss me in a way that's gonna screw me up forever.
you'd be more than a chapter in my old diaries with the pages ripped out.
i know that you still remember.
i broke my own heart 'cause you were too polite to do it.
you don't knock anymore, and my whole life's ruined.
you dream of my mouth before it called you a lying traitor.
you search in every maiden's bed for something greater.
did you think i didn't see you?
at least i had the decency to keep my nights out of sight.
oh lord, i think about jumping off of very tall somethings, just to see you come running.
if she's got blue eyes, i will surmise that you'll probably date her.
i was hoping you'd be there.
i was hoping you'd be there, and say the one thing i've been wanting, but no.