" IN CASE I MAKE IT, " SENTENCE STARTERS.
a collection of prompts from the 2022 album by will wood, edited for clarity.
something's not quite right.
was that all there was for this?
i've learned to pick my battles by losing most i've fought.
wow, can you believe we really made it?
i want to be just like my parents before i was born.
i have laid a lot of women, and now i'd like to just lay down.
marriage always scared me, but i'd like to have a last love.
love can last a pretty good long while.
my frontal lobe's done growing, this might just be how i'm wired.
if you want a hyphen last name, i guess i don't mind the cadence.
i've made more mistakes than simple empty moments.
if we grow old together, will you talk to my headstone?
god knows crying ain't gonna change a thing.
it just feels inhumane to lose this much.
when you leave you know you take more than your love.
let all my red flags turn to white, i give up.
christ, it feels damn inhumane to get all i've dreamed of.
when you're gone, you're gone, and i can't bring you home.
i want to believe that you'll remember me.
i would take it back if i could.
i choose to believe that we'll meet in sweet dreams after you're put to sleep.
would or could the impact kill me?
only plastic flowers never die.
i ain't saying it's fate, but there are no mistakes.
here comes the sun, am i falling up?
did i earn this stupid hat?
is now really a good time for a new tattoo?
the larger they are, the harder they tend to fall.
grow up, be a man, 'cause until then you're nothing but a short-haired girl.
oh my god, what's wrong with me?
come and sweep me off my knees.
i'd rather stay asleep than never see you wake up next to me.
you seemed fine just a few days ago.
go on back to bed, my love.
go on back to bed, my love, i mean that's where dreams are supposed to be.
alright, that's enough, let's get you home.
i'm afraid of leaving my house.
i'm afraid of losing my mind.
i'm afraid of my past and my future.
i've never been afraid of no one breaking my heart.
i'm afraid of damn near everything.
hold me like a tourniquet, and i'll you, like an iron maiden.
i love you so much it scares me half to death.
i'm afraid you'll change your mind.
i'm afraid there's somebody better.
i'm afraid of four letter words, like "love", "for", and "ever".
i'm afraid you'll notice all my flaws.
i'm afraid i'll come on too strong, hold you too tight, and scare you too.
i've never been afraid to wear my heart on my sleeve.
if you cut me, i'll bleed.
i'm not used to fear of losing something i hold dear.
i mean, it's kind of a lot...
i'm no survivor, i only happened to survive.
wonder how i sleep at night.
i was drunk when i made my bed.
jesus christ, my aching head.
hand me my shovel, i'm going in!
you've got your whole life ahead.
please believe me when i say that i've poured my whole past down the drain.
i can't make amends for things i can't remember.
guess you'll just have to take my word that i've changed.
if anybody needs me, i'll be in my coffin.
stop the world, and melt with me.
friday, i'm in love again.
we'll dance the 12 step on my grave.
i'd kill the man i am for one more chance to be yours, babe.
you are broken and i will heal you.
i'm holding myself hostage.
oh man, sun tzu would love this!
if you shake your fists at snakes in grass, it looks like punching down!
god forbid i'm seen as just an average human being.
i'm the gap between a tragedy and comedy.
villains are everywhere, that's how i know that i'm the hero.
judge me by what my cover shows.
we all do what we need to to get through.
i ain't done a fucking thing to you!
i don't owe you my heart.
you should know that i'm sorry.
you should know that i'm sorry for being careless with you.
lord knows i owe you more than i'm pretty sure i ever could give anybody.
i could hold your hand but keep you at arm's length.
i swear i'm really trying.
it just don't come natural to me to think that you'd want me for me.
i just haven't learned to be human as you are yet.
i still don't know who you are.
you gave me your heart, i only gave you my body.
i've lived more lives than enough.
i'm not a real person, just the shit you can't make up.
how did i cause so much harm?
i'm sorry but this can't go on.
hide my knives before you go.
i'll either live or die alone.
i swear i will die trying.
i'm still in the process, but i'm making progress.
i wanna prove improvement's possible.
i swear, i'm so fucking sorry.
i'm not a good person, i'm barely a person at all.
someday i'll be perfect, and i'll make up for it all.
what kind of living legend would only want a living wage?
i guess i'm just selfish.
it's not a gift if you pay for it.
i hate my lack of self control.
i hate proving that i'm still human after all.
i hate to be "that guy", but i'm not that guy anymore.
i made goddamn sure he's dead.
you know i couldn't hurt a fly.
i, myself, have been stepped on so many times, it's started to feel like my place.
i've never understood what humans do and want.
you've got a friend in me.
let's go and make more enemies.
you're not meant to sing along.
you can hear the ocean if you hold it up to your ear.
do you believe in the power of silence?
you fill your head with thoughts you find you can't even feel.
i know it's hard, but they're not who you are. they're white noise.