Your hair smells like shampoo and cigarettes,
Though it's not the rockstar blonde it was before.
You still bite your nails, while all your glamour's gone,
Somehow we're the same and I'll remember your name.
I'm in love with the spirit inside of you,
Though it won't dance anymore.
You still try to hide everything you feel,
The anger and the hurt because you can't use words.
You knew what love was like once,
You knew what it was like to be happy.
How could you forget, all the things he said?
After your heart was broken, you wanted a friend.
Your soul's as empty as your heart,
I know it used to shine out above all.
How could you forget, inside your jewelry box,
the ballerina spinning like the earth around the sun?
Cocaine and marijuana soak your roots,
Stomping out the beauty that was there before.
I loved one like you, you're not yourself anymore,
The old you is staring out the new you's eyes.
Fake another smile, have another cigarette,
Find the party queen that you were before.
I loved what you did to me, it doesn't matter now,
One day we'll be different and I'll still hold your hand.
Author notes
I think it's really cool that there's a contest based on Dashboard Confessional songs.
A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar Contest!
A contest entry
- A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar...CHOOSE A TITLE... by voodoo ink.
900 points, ended May 22, 10 entries
Honorable winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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I like this one...it's got alot more edgier imagery, than the norm...excellent writing here, poet...
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Very nice, not sure if this is lyrics, but it's very well written.
Good work!
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haha thanks, love!
and yes, they are lyrics.
Almost everything I write is lyrics but I post them here anyways lol.
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