Playing Catch With 22

I've been thinking back to when we

Used to share a drink on midnight walks

When you'd pretend your winter breath

Was cigarette smoke in your lungs

I'd fight the urge to give you all the

Worst advice about the ones you liked

(You called it chemistry, I called it earning bragging rights)

Knowing damn well if I told you how I felt, I'd crack the ice

Roll the dice

You're just a second away from being in love or alone.

What you don't know, is that each second

You waste is a breath you don't take. It's a moment you wasted

I've been thinking back to that night on

Your front step when I held you as you wept

We sat awhile in silence but I was screaming in my head

How to tell you, if I should

What to say, if I even could

And if that moment came, would it simply hang forever

So I always try to live vicariously through my friends.

(You call it chemistry, I call it perfect timing instead)

Watching all them fall in love, and wondering if I will again

You're just a second away from being in love or alone

What you don't know, is that each second you waste

Is a breath you don't take. It's a moment you wasted

You're playing catch with 22.

For once it's out you've got to choose.

But if you choose to hold it in,

Then where's the chance to begin new love?

Who knows, maybe she's the one...

I bet there's so many more than just the one for all of us.

You're just a second away from being in love or alone.

What you don't know, is that each second you

Waste is a breath you don't take. It's a moment you wasted

Just falling asleep with you is enough to keep me hanging on,

Whether or not we ever evolve

If all that we are is paint on a wall, waiting to peel off,

Then poison the well and pour me a cup

Drink up!