Fools Like Me

Inspired by Vanessa Carlton’s “Hereos and Thieves” album 

“And in these broken times I promise I will not forget, 
Though you’re not mine upon your shoulder I can rest, 
Cause you always give me your best.” 
-Vanessa Carlton "My Best" 

How can I even begin to describe the moment? 
The moment I realized that my soul was blasting from the speakers. 
That every regret, every wish, every dream 
Existed in someone else’s words, 
And I had an outlet to get those feeling out. 

I cried the entire way home, 
Switching from one track to another, 
Trying to find a song that would ease the pain. 
Instead of tugging at my heart and 
Telling me that everything was about to change 

I cannot listen to this cd without missing you desperately. 
Every line could be taken from my diary. 
How does someone I’ve never even met, know? 
Know how bad it hurts losing you? 
Does she need her love the way I need you? 

I cannot believe that I’ve lived this long without you. 
Years have passed so fast, 
Yet the moments drag so slow. 
I listen to the melodies and remember- 
The happy way things used to be. 

I remember every minute, every smile. 
I hold on to that last embrace, as though it’s all I have. 
I try not to dwell, knowing that things will never be the same. 
You don’t even know the extreme 
That your existence has impacted me. 

I listen to the words in reflection now- 
How could things have been different? 
Would it really have been fair? 
I’ll always wonder and question. 
Perhaps our love could have been real. 

“There are people in this lifetime that we should never meet, 
Cause to be here now without you, well, my life’s so incomplete, 
I tell you what you mean to me, maybe then you’ll see 
Cause the only one I come undone for is you” 
-Vanessa Carlton "Undone"