hollow hellos and poorly executed goodbyes

I've sunken far below the shoreline once or twice in my day

Tripped over many a raised up crack in the road

Just as I've stolen my fair share of the covers away

Left one too many with an exposed shoulder turned cold

And still some days it seems I'm back to square one

Mathematics has no life long passion for love

You either add or subject to the underlying sum

It seems no equals can exist once that first damage is done
 

This is that moment you can't catch your breath

Your time to speak with no bounds of the love you possess

But now it's here and the words are all caught in your chest

Final glimmer of light in the dimming of night
Lips last chance to align but you can't get it right

This is your poorly executed goodbye
 

I spent all night awake rehearsing just what I would say

Auditioning in the shower to water run cold

Collect my composer with a coffee and a notebook to hold

Leave no hands free to pull you near and never let go

For in that moment I am putty and your smile is two hands

I knew I would fall apart and lose all my form

Whatever I had scripted fell into your quicksand

You played my limbs like a puppet, I was yours to perform
 

This is that moment you can't catch your breath

Your time to speak with no bounds of the love you possess

But now it's here and the words are all caught in your chest

Final glimmer of light in the dimming of night
Lips last chance to align but you can't get it right

This is your poorly executed goodbye
 

In these moments love means more than saying we won't stray

But with distance these things become hard to uphold

This world is fields of mice and we are birds of prey

We take what we want with no apologies to bestow

I can't stop my abuse, without an outlet to feed

I thought it could be you, I thought it could be me

I've been taking so long and hiding behind empty words

It's only fitting to now lose what I don't truly deserve
 

This is that moment you can't catch your breath

Your time to speak with no bounds of the love you possess

But now it's here and the words are all caught in your chest

Final glimmer of light in the dimming of night
Lips last chance to align but you can't get it right

This is your poorly executed goodbye