Witnessing the Girl
lyrics/music - RDOrr (Everybody Everywhere Music, ASCAP)
I dug a little hole in the middle of the only friend I ever could find. I never saw sunlight bleed the day again, but I'll be fine. Don't look back as you're walking out the door, 'cause I'm gonna lose my mind. I saw what I had never seen before and it made me blind. Sympathy told me to watch just what I said. Then her face went red. I've been watching the minute hand jogging circles all around my head. Maybe if I walk just a little bit faster, I won't have to hear the past coming after me. Maybe if I don't see you again, I could pretend that I'm what a friend should be. A pitiful angel that smiles and disappears as she clenched her fist. Harboring hatred behind her shiny tears and making her list: 'I stutter and stumble, then I just come unglued because I can't trust you.' Cynical people are blistered by their actions no matter what they do. I tried to warn her, but I think I was a little too late because I couldn't get through. I stood at the window waving madly and nobody knew. Maybe if I walk just a little bit faster, I won't have to hear the past coming after me. Maybe if I don't see you again, I could pretend that I'm what a friend should be. I turned off the light and left 'cause emptiness had got the best of me. It got the best of me. I woke up feeling lighter than I had, so I guess that's good. Something to show for the hole that I struggled out of as best I could. Crippled and lonely to wander all the world. 'Cause, ya know, you gotta hurt to learn. And I learned more from witnessing the girl than I could afford to burn. Maybe if I walk just a little bit faster, I won't have to hear the past coming after me. Maybe if I don't see you again, I could pretend that I'm what a friend should be. I turned off the light and left 'cause emptiness had got the best of me. It got the best of me and I was tumbling down... (C) 2007 Ryan David Orr