the answer sentence starters
by leanna firestone. feel free to change pronouns, wording, etc. as needed.
i put the manic-panic down.
only one of us is lonely.
i'm the best you ever had.
i never thought that you'd look so tragic.
the big man falls the fastest.
i wish i could wish you well.
i'd lie to you, but never myself.
i feel bad that i don't feel bad.
they never liked you anyway.
it helps to imagine that you're doing worse than me.
something's definitely going on.
if i did what you did, i couldn't live with myself.
if i said what you said, i couldn't live with myself.
i just won't go as low as you will.
you hate yourself for the both of us.
if i was younger, i'd think it was G-d.
no one has outsmarted my self-hatred.
i always think your silence is my fault.
it doesn't matter if you hate me if i feel like you do.
it'll prove i'm right, because i'm right.
it's one thing to worry, it's another to know.
my body is a temple in decay.
i thought i'd be smarter by [age].
i'm a martyr to my own misery.
i'm always kinda thinking about how i'm gonna die.
nobody ever really gets enough time.
i've been trying hard to change myself.
i'm cutting off the dead weight.
the one thing that has always been wrong is me.
he's polite and not a sore sight.
believe me, the bar was not high.
we need some representation.
here comes my uglier replacement.
you've known him, like, two seconds.
i hate to pull that card.
i'm sure that he's perfectly nice.
if you're happy, then i'm happy to shut the fuck up.
they don't think I'm there yet.
i kinda thought you might be dead.
i'm still stuck until my lease is up.
i feel the urge to say i'm sorry.
i'm still alone and awkward.
do you talk about me at the indie get-togethers?
you're looking just as beautiful as ever.
that used to be our spot.
i heard you're out there kissing babies and waving to the masses.
i haven't touched anyone but myself since that.
when i get high, i get too anxious.
it's too good, i can't catch my breath.
you're the longest it's ever lasted.
i'll go out to see the stars if you'll promise that you'll drive.
i'd spend forever as your princess on your passenger side.
i realized for the first time that this might be love
nothing else has ever felt as good as this does.
lucky me for having you at all.
if you ever want a good time, just call.
you don't know how bad this fever could get.
you're the best i've ever had.
are you the best i'll ever get?
i know it could be worse.
i know that i know better.
i know that i deserve better.
if you were really the one, i don't think it'd be a question.
if you have to ask, then you already know the answer.
i never have the right words.
i can never find the right time.
i know we're on borrowed time.
i don't want to see you hurt.
i don't want to say it first.
i'm not in love, and i'm not sure i ever was.