Play the Board

He’s never the one to keep chasing
She’s never the one to keep patient
They’d never succumb to cheap hatred
Subtle catastrophes running with strategy
The finest nihilists on the island
Fine lines to divide silence and violence
Fights and the kinda kindness of tyrants
Swinging swords amidst ringing chords of violins
Trying to win but the fight is rigged
Cause no matter the victor, the prize is a sprig…
Picture frames fall like angels
In the haunted hallways always entangled
All is fair in a Fall affair
Strangers in cold wars of rose thorns, the pain just escalates
Like a chess game paces
Slow and steady wins the race as they say but…

You, you, you, play the board
Better than I can
But you, you, you don’t know the score
Neither of us do

Solitude was her companion
Saw the truth and learned to grab it
All the dudes took her for granted
Felt cursed, abandoned. Her personal bandage was
The warm hands of seclusion that held her
And helped her more than the food and the shelter
Went to ring her bell curves
But the man she met and married went to tell her
Check it out, don't chicken out now
Let's figure this out sitting down
How can we come to life and pick up from right
Where we left off, put down that rusty knife
See all this fighting is quite silly
Let's go back to the island of white lilies
I never meant to make you feel torn in this
I just wanted you to know you're glorious
But nah you left me, left of the middle
Like the piercing on your left nipple, each vestige of me clearing We’ll get to the centre again
With the self examination of appearance the mirror brings Swimming in sinning and grinning with no inhibitions
Worked for a bit when i didn't think i was hurt or
Needed love, blessings turned to a curse now i’m beaten up
Missing you, thinking of our first born
Trusting lust's instincts just sounded great
And we believed without a doubt it's safe
But the secret tears of clowns had found their faces
And it all was through, because
Love's destructiveness is bound to break
The weak, but now I'm counting down the days
’Til we can drown the loudest sound it makes
’Cause all I wanted was you

Telling you it's simple, knowing that it's hard
Speaking my mind but I'm showing you my heart
Beauty on the fire, smoking with a spark
Don't want it to end so i've been going to the start in
That old apartment when I was showing you my art
And we were rolling out the carpet
Can't bear to see you share a tear with your mascara smeared
So I prepared this dear...
What you seem to have been wanting
An emotional compass to lead you to my logic
Oh, you mean you were being sardonic?
I thought it was a good idea and immediately bought it
I know it's hard to admit but you were scarred as a kid
And now your mistrust is just the card that you pick
Every time any guy gets your heart in a twist
And it's harder to lift the pressure so you call it quits
But you must have got the wrong impression
I didn't get what i wanted, you're gone and missing
That day when you went away got me wishing
You were present, guess you weren't fond of attendance
Ever since your decision to drift away
I've been thinking that ring was a big mistake
Still shiver when you think of me?
Go on and dig my grave, and rig the game.

And we're swimming out at sea
And we're drifting gradually
Couple of sinking casualties
In a dwindling battle, we
Won't see a victory as disaster sweeps
Into a listless sad defeat
Love is a glistening tapestry
Woven with ticking tragedies…