Drew Bancroft

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She lit a candle. She poured some scotch.
She curled up on the loveseat. She checked her watch.
She caught sight of a moth. It had the most beautiful wings.
She made a cage with her fingers. She trapped a beautiful thing.

She wanted to cage a beautiful thing.
She wanted to cage a beautiful thing.

The candle guttered on the table. The moth attempted escape.
Shadows danced the walls like spies. She held her hands to her face.

She wanted to cage a beautiful thing.
She wanted to cage a beautiful thing.

She saw potential in its wings.
She sensed the promise of escape.
She couldn't release the wondrous thing.
She felt beauty erased.
It was gone without a trace.

She eyed the candle. Her scotch was gone.
The flame twisted, clumsy. She sat alone.

She wanted to cage a beautiful thing.
She wanted to cage a beautiful thing.

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I don't think I owe you anything.
You've never offered me much of a choice.
If I don't think you owe me anything,
Why do you even bother raising your voice?

I think you've got a hell of a nerve.
I'm looking for a reason not to shut you out.
I think you really like when I hurt.

I don't really think you like me around you.
You only smile over the phone.
Can you blame me for not wanting to be around you.
You invite me over, then you leave me alone.

I think you've got a hell of a nerve.
I'm looking for a reason not to shut you out.
I think you really like when I hurt.

If I tell you I think I'm alright like this,
I think that simply means that I'm alright,
Don't want no changes when I'm alright like this.

Don't ask me, anymore.
If I I'm not alright, if I need you I'll tell you.

I think you've got a hell of a nerve.
I'm looking for a reason not to shut you out.
I think you really like when I hurt.

I think you've got a hell of a nerve.
I think you've got a hell of a nerve.

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The first time when we got together, we were holding hands and wondering whether this was it,
If we were meant to be a perfect fit.

I remember in the back of my mind, a little prayer, a little more time to really know.
To see if this was something we'd see grow.

Even then I knew I'd let you down someday. So what else can I say now?

Next time I'll try to do better than this time.
I hope that I can say that it's the last time I'll ever have to let me let you down.
Next time if it's no better than it was this time,
I promise I will reinvent the first time and maybe you will want me back around.

One time when I knew I knew you, I stared the stare that cuts right through you every time,
Every time I've got you on my mind.

I remember the sparkle in the green of your eyes, the way they moistened when I said goodbye that night,
The way they darkened when we'd fight.

I hated knowing that I'd let you down again, but what else could I say then?

Next time I'll try to do better than this time.
I hope that I can say that it's the last time I'll ever have to let me let you down.
Next time if it's no better than it was this time,
I promise I will reinvent the first time and maybe you will want me back around.

It falls apart, another time. I let you down again.
We make mistakes, and more mistakes, but I know we'll be alright.
As long as it's not the last time.
It'll never be the last time.

Next time I'll try to do better than this time.
I hope that I can say that it's the last time I'll ever have to let me let you down.
Next time if it's no better than it was this time,
I promise I will reinvent the first time and maybe you will want me back around.