Jagged Little Thrill

[Guest Heart Like A Hole]

how did you get so real?

i wonder now, quiet, as always,

if this even matters to you anymore

why do you say my name

only to point your finger

and place the blame on me

 

so i'll lay and pretend that i still feel

we've reached the end of the real

and this jagged little thrill

is all that's keeping me together

and though it breaks my heart

it is better than falling apart again

 

you like to remind me of all my stains

reject me and dissect me

you know i don't complain

and even if i did,

it wouldn't dull the edge of your tongue

you're having too much fun

to let me be

 

so i'll smile and say that i still feel okay

though i've reached the end of the real

it's only forever

and this jagged little thrill

is keeping me together

though it breaks my heart

it's better than falling apart again

 

everytime i try to deflect your words

my screams go unheard

you've got a million dirty excuses

to carry on all your abuses

and i could try to change your mind

only to find

that i've lost mine

 

and i'll just keep laying here, saying i can feel

even though this is the end of the real

this jagged little thrill will keep holding me together

and i'll pretend this isn't forever

bleeding, bruising, breaking my fragile heart

because it's better than falling apart again

 

we've been this way too long

you've forgotten how to be gentle

and i've forgotten how to be strong

you make the rules,

i play the fool and call you the king

even though you're far too wicked

i give you power over everything

 

so maybe i can lay this way forever

i can pretend that i still feel

though we reached the end of the real

a thousand years before

this jagged little thrill is holding me together

and though i can't live this way anymore

i'll hold on tight and keep the score

even if it means breaking my own heart

i won't have to fall apart again

 

i won't fall apart again

[Ozymandias]

*applauds emphatically*

 

I've yet to read a piece of your poetry that doesn't take me to some small portion at least, of the world you describe. Well done. Please don't stop anytime soon.

[Tralla]

very vivid pictures... I want to comfort her. Impressive.