August 2000

August 5th, 2000

Regret

If I could see you only one more time I would never forgive myself
for letting that one time end

And so I kick myself for having let you go

If I had it all to do over again I would keep it from starting

But I can't keep it from ending, or make it end


For you are my all or nothing love; I want either all or nothing of you

right now it is nothing


yet I would still give anything to be in your arms

August 8th, 2000

Substitution

They say forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest, I don't know if it is always true, but in this case it is certainly sweet...

I have held you in my arms, our passion for each other is clear, yet I can't help but wonder if this is what we were destined to be


It could have been a relationship
It could have been love
We could have had something

We do


I don't think this soul-less infidelity was what either of us ever had in mind

But at the moment it will suffice.

August 21st, 2000

Illusion

I was staring at the sky
Just looking for a star
To pray on or wish on or something like that
I was having a sweet fix of a daydream of a boy, whose reality I knew
was a hopeless to be had
But then the dove of hope began its downward slope
And I believed for a moment that my chances were approaching to be grabbed
But as it came down near, so did a weary tear
I thought it was a bird but it was just a paper bag...

And I went crazy again today, looking for a strand to climb
Looking for a little hope
Baby said he couldn't stay, wouldn't put his lips to mine
And a fail to kiss is a fail to cope

I said, "Honey, I don't feel so good, don't feel justified
Come on put a little love here in my void,"
He said "It's all in your head,"
and I said, "So's everything,"
But he didn't get it

I thought he was a man
But he was just a little boy

Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh it kills
'Cause I know I'm a mess he don't wanna clean up
I got to fold cuz these hands are too shaky to hold
Hunger hurts, but starving works
when it costs too much to love

~ Fiona Apple, Paper Bag