You and the Light

Leaving

Always leaving the details out

The distance between my front steps

And the things you lie about

I could cut my skin on either

A contest of dexterity

Which one would dig deeper?

A secret I can't keep

I've got nothing planned

But to wait around

Until you decide to show up, hang your head

And shut me out

No space to turn around

Only to comply

Grow on walls in crowded rooms

And hope that you'll walk by

Check my coat at the door

Because by the end of the night

There's too much for my hands to hold

And I feel my blood thinning as time goes by

I guess I've gotten used to the cold

Handing my guts out as makeshift ropes

I'm enamoured by going home

But if that's what it took, I'm sure I could've grown

So you wouldn't have to go it alone

Why do I have to choose between you and the light?

I'm sick of always checking locks twice

Don't you think breaking my bones would have sufficed

Did you have to let me get out alive?