Lapwing

I watch as you look back and it seems to haunt me
I'm the worst but not the first to discover this
Oh, with eyes like yours there's nothing left to explore
But I'll try my best to leave you the floor

And I'm glad that you like all the words I can never write
Just watch this learning filter through
When I'm burning at the very thought of you
How this night can turn so quick into an emotionless argument
But it's me I know, I've seen it all before
I'm crawling out from my own front door

I swear you won't leave these walls
This mind is mine and yours but nothing more
To anyone, I'm anyone, I'm everything
Can you imagine? I've been imagining again

What if I built you up this cabin
Only to see you cry when the ashes set in?
I'm feeling heartless and reluctant to hang on
Wishing you'd just throw me out before it all goes wrong

And I'm glad that you like all the words I can never write
Just watch this learning filter through
When I'm burning at the very thought of you
How this night can turn so quick into an emotionless argument
But it's me I know, I've seen it all before
I'm crawling out from my own front door

I can't hurt what the heart can't find
To let it in is a crime of your time
It's a case of product placement, a test of my own impatience
When it's overall displacing; a sloth-faced abomination

Industry, accommodate me
(I feel the waves, they're tearing down)
I'm insulin for the dietary sweets
(Everyone's out, don't take me now)
At the door but nothing more
(I feel the waves, they're tearing down)
And while I'm at it, complaining
(Everyone's out, don't take me now)
I'll be whoever I want to be

All those likes for the love of your chest
(I feel the waves, they're tearing down)
Love me, love me, it's attention at its best
(Everyone's out, don't take me now)
I saw a darker side to my own mess
(I feel the waves, they're tearing down)
It's not a film, this is a blind man's test
(Everyone's out, don't take me now)

And I'm glad that you like all the words I can never write
Just watch this learning filter through
When I'm burning at the very thought of you
How this night can turn so quick into an emotionless argument
But it's me I know, I've seen it all before
I'm crawling out from my own front door