swallowing sleep

i swallowed a handful of sleep last night

we met in the strangest place

somewhere on a rooftop

i could see everything

hearing every perfect word

i couldn't open my mouth to tell you what's been burning me

i'll place these pills under my tongue

our portraits torn from where they hung

the projector reels in all my worst fears

my eyelids are a screen for all those years

i'd kill to show you that there's been a change in me

i know you're doing well

i wish i could say the same for me

the drugs and the drinking are the only way i see you any more

i'll become an addict just so we can talk about our future

i'll place these pills under my tongue

our portraits torn from where they hung

the projector reels in all my worst fears

my eyelids are a screen

i can see you in the shadows

doesn't matter where you are

i can hear your perfect wording burning slowly through my heart

we jumped from a cherry blossom until we hit the blue

she's not you

she's not you and i'm not myself

we were invincible

i loved how it felt

i drew my heart in chalk on the floor

without these pills i don't sleep anymore

i'll place these pills under my tongue

our portraits torn from where they hung

the projector reels in all my worst fears

my eyelids are a screen

i'll place these pills under my tongue

our portraits torn from where they hung

the projector reels in all my worst fears

my eyelids are a screen

i can see you in the shadows

doesn't matter where you are

i can hear your perfect wording burning slowly through my heart

we jumped from a cherry blossom until we hit the blue

she's not you