Front Row

I know he's still blood
But you can still turn him away
You don't owe him anything

Do you go to the dungeon
To find out how to make peace
With your days in the dungeon

Writing a letter to
Ya didn't make me feel any more peaceful
Then how I felt when we weren't speaking

Because I didn't cop to what I did
I can't love you because we're supposed
To have professional boundaries

I'd like you to be schooled and in awe
As though you were kissed
By god full on the lips

I'm in the front row
The front row with popcorn
I get to see you
See you close up

Slid into the ditch
I have this overwhelming loss of ambition
We said let's name thirty
Good reasons why we shouldn't be together

I started by saying things
Like you smoke, you live in New Jersey
You started saying things
Like you belong to the world

All of which could have been easily refuted
But the conversation was hypothetical
I am totally short of breath for you
Why can't you shut your stuff off

I'm in the front row
The front row with popcorn
I get to see you
See you close up

For a while I'm speaking
You know how much you hate to be interrupted
Maybe spend some time alone

To fill up your proverbial cup
So that it doesn't always
Have to be about you

I've been wanting your undivided attention
I like the fact that
You're nothing like me

Are you not burdened by
The lack of perspective people have
Of your charmed life

I'm in the front row
The front row with popcorn
I get to see you
See you close up

Hey I'm not mad at you guardian
I'm mad at myself for spending so much time
With you and your Jeckyl and Hydeness

I'm glad I figuratively
Slapped you on the wrist
You laughed a wicked laugh

And said come here let me clip your wings
Raise the roof he yelled
Yeah raise the roof I yelled back

No thanks to the soap box
Having me rile against them
Won't make an ounce of difference

I'm in the front row
The front row with popcorn
I get to see you
See you close up

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