Au Revoir a Malhonnetete

We're swept by the dawn, and as we lie awake

You lay stiff in my arms, adrift in the wake

Of what felt less like love, and much more like a take

Of a scene in a movie where the heroine's saved

From her lonely, desperate state

We've dotted our i's and crossed all of our t's

In the script of the lifestyle we planned for our teens

But i'm just a prop that you set for your stage

In a fairy tale romance the critics would praise

If each kiss were performed, as always:

"once more, with feeling"

But we kids disregard all of our yearning hearts

And make like we're actors just playing our parts

Constructing characters so unlike ourselves

To live out our lives in the artificial realm

Of drama we create

'cause life is a movie we'd all watch again

But just can't bring ourselves to rewind in the end

We make mistakes that we wish we could change

And the things we regret form the coming of age

And i wouldn't want it any other way

So now we're eighteen, and i feel much too old

To continue the farce; to keep filling these roles

As we lie together we lie to each other

We're closer than we've ever been

But i move further from the truth

The longer that i lie next to you

Left my love in bottled letters

Convinced myself it's for the better

To end this, but i'll always remember

I swear to hold my breath forever

(this is the last time i'll ever swear myself to you

This is the last time i'll ever say, "i love you too")