prompt: richard papen realising that he was in love with henry winter
songs for realising the obvious far too late, and for spending the rest of your life nursing the what-could-have-beens.
when all of your flaws and all of my flaws are laid out one by one // the wonderful part of the mess that we made, we pick ourselves undone. // all of your flaws and all of my flaws, they lie there hand in hand // ones we’ve inherited, ones that we learned, they pass from man to man. // there’s a hole in my soul // I can’t fill it, I can’t fill it. // there’s a hole in my soul // can you fill it, can you fill it?
come on, skinny love, just last the year // pour a little salt, we were never here. // my my my my, my my my my // staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer. // tell my love to wreck it all, cut out all the ropes and let me fall. // my my my my, my my my my // right in the moment this order’s tall. // I told you to be patient // I told you to be fine. // I told you to be balanced // I told you to be kind. // in the morning I’ll be with you // but it’ll be a different kind // I’ll be holding all the tickets and you’ll be owing all the fines.
you wrote “don’t forget” on your arm – flatsound
I can’t wait til I see your face // and my brain thinks that it’s looking at a stranger // I can’t wait til I see your face // and my brain thinks that it’s looking at a stranger. // I can’t wait til I see your face and my brain feels nothing, nothing.
Please Just Stay Dead – Nicole Dollanganger
this living room memorial doesn’t bear a name // and I guess I can’t blame you but I hate you all the same. // I wear your homemade tattoos all over my skin // you put your cigarettes on me, they’re still sinking in. // wildfires have been eating you inside my head. // trying to smoke you out or burn you alive in it. // this time, please just stay dead.
Transatlanticism – Death Cab For Cutie
the rhythm of my footsteps crossing flatlands to your door have been silenced forevermore // and the distance is quite simply much to far for me to row; // it seems father than ever before. // I need you so much closer. // I need you so much closer. // I need you so much closer.
