After The Storm

from Fantasy Girls by Sam Brightbart

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I am cursed with this desire
I can’t cut it out of my chest
Who is worse - you with your heartbreak
Or me with my china doll?
You’re the first that I ever saw gasping
For breath at my arpeggios
I will burst from this snakeskin around me
And laugh at the pain of it all

I touched you
But it wasn’t enough to
Convince you of all that I am
And I kissed you
Don’t know if I miss you
Just tell me where all of those days went

And after the storm...

So that’s done
The start and end seemed
To have nothing between them at all
Well it was fun
Just to float like a vapour
Coming out of the cracks in the wall
I’ve begun to feel like a seashell
Smashed into the sand of the shore
Shoot your gun
And I will start running
That endless marathon once more

I touched you
But it wasn’t enough to
Convince you of all that I am
And I kissed you
Don’t know if I miss you
Just tell me where all of those days went
I touched you
But it wasn’t enough to
Relieve you of all of your doubt
And I kissed you and nearly undressed you
And now I am out in the cold night
And after the storm....

I don’t know what is in the future
I cannot escape from this place
And I won’t show the truth any more
Because its beauty is not understood
When I go, I’ll turn all the lights off
And you can just slumber alone
I don’t know if I should forget you
But mostly I think that I should

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from Fantasy Girls, released March 1, 2009

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