the fight for you is all i've ever known.

Before, my fear was being vulnerable.  The ability of another human being to possibly tear apart your insides at any moment was enough to keep me running.  He, however, made my insides come alive, my smile become permanent, laughter more frequent.  He took away my fear and gave me hope.  But more importantly, for the first time in my life, instead of wanting to run, he gave me a reason to stay.

obstacles are put in our way to see if we really want something,
or if we just thought we did.

We are the people meant to be together.
No matter what happens or where
 our lives end up taking us.
We will be happy baby, because
they say that home is where the heart is.
And if that's true, then I know
 I'll be right at home, where ever I
am as long as I'm with you.

I love this spot. It’s like heaven. Right here on Earth. Maybe that’s what heaven is.Maybe we go through life collecting people and places we love, and theybecome our heaven.

Everyone has got their scars.
No matter what they tell you, you're beautiful.
You're beautiful just the way you are.

stop falling in love
with everything
that lets you down.

and you never,
ever let me in.

I know it seems hard sometimes, but remember one thing: through every dark night, there's a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it gets, stick you chest out, keep your head up and handle it.

 You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for people to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.

Until you face all the mistakes you've made, you'll never change.

i swear you marched in like big gusts of wind cutting through our clothes. such an easy attempt to convince us there is no reason we should be outside. when you speak, it's like fire. the sparks leap from your mouth and all your talk of such burdens. no, it won't bring me and all my friends down. well, i swear that you spilled into my room last night. covering me in sheets so tight that  i didn't move. i just laid around until the early afternoon.

No girl should ever forget that she doesn't need anybody who doesn't need her.

No matter what, once in your life, someone will hurt you. That someone will take all that you are and rip it into pieces and they won't even watch where the pieces land. But through the breakdown, you'll learn something about yourself. You'll learn that you're strong, and no matter how hard they destroy you, that you can conquer anyone.

I gave you my heart, and that's all I can give you. And if that's not enough for you, then I'm not enough for you.

all she's ever really wanted is someone who will sit
with her under the stars and not want anything more
than to look in her eyes and say, "you're the one i've
been waiting for."

Every song has a coda, a final movement, whether it fades out or crashes away. Every song ends. Is that any reason not to enjoy the music?

You make me happier than I ever thought I could be. And if you let me, I'll spend the rest of my life trying to make you feel the same way.

i remember everything. the words we spoke, on freezing south street.
and on the mornings watching you get ready for school. you combed
your hair inside that mirror, the one you painted blue and glued with
jewelry tears. something bout the bright colors would always make you
feel better. but now we speak with ruined tongues, and the words we
say arent meant for anyone. its just a mumbled sentence to a passing
acquaintence, but there was once you. you said you hate my suffering,
that you understood, and youd take care of me. youd always be there.
well where are you now?

One day, you'll wake up and realize that she really is the best thing you'll ever have, and she'll be waking up next to the one who already knew.

My mouth, it wasn't always empty. My hands, they weren't
always tied. Your pose, it was an awkward curtsy. My shirt,
has never felt so tight. Is this what it is? It's all a matter of time.
This is what it is, there is a difference, what you have and what
you leave behind. What you don't lose, what you don't say,
what you can't fake, it's all a matter of time. What you don't use,
what you don't say, these are cowards words, and these words
are mine. My teeth, they weren't always crooked. My eyes,
they didn't always lie. Your voice, it spoke to me like thunder.
My clothes, they never fit right. This is what it is, it's all a matter
of time. Is this what it is? There is a difference,
what you have and what you leave behind.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.

questions cloud my head with why
tears on my pillow as i cry
makes no sense for us to say goodbye.

Don't wonder why people go crazy. Wonder why they don't.
In face of what we can lose in a day, in an instant, wonder
what the hell it is that makes us h o l d it together.

so here's a piece of advice:
let go when you're hurting too much.
give up when love isn't enough,
and move on when things are not like before.
for surely there is someone out there
who will love you even more.

So close your eyes to make this real. We've got twenty heartbeats left to feel every little touch before tomorrow comes, but please don't stall to make this last. Just hold on tight and let it pass. We're already falling fast enough to shatter when we reach the ground.

I'm always happy when someone
wins a battle because around here,
you get your fair share of disappointment.
I guess in the end you have to fight
for things that really matter, like
pride in your work, or friendship.
And sometimes all you can do is
grit your teeth and tell the truth.

anticipation has the habit to set you up for disappointment.

you're throwing everything you have at me
cheap shots
low blows
will you ever let it go?
you're so pathetic,
give it a rest.
you're not gonna win
you're never gonna.

i see alone we stand, together we fall apart.

You know what's the most terrifying
thing about admitting that you're in love?
You're just naked. You put yourself in harm's way
and you lay down all your defenses. No clothes,
no weapons. Nowhere to hide, completely
vulnerable. The only thing that makes it tolerable
is to believe the other person loves you back
and you can trust him not to hurt you.

To be brave is to love someone unconditionally,
without expecting anything in return. To just give.
That takes courage, because we dont to fall on our
faces or leave ourselves open to hurt.

You're cold, but you're beautiful.
You're a mess, but I like it that way.
If you're always looking for reasons
not to be with someone, then you
find them. But at some point you
just have to let go, and give your
heart what it deserves.

i won't miss you like you think that i will,
but you'd be glad to know that i'm not doing so well.
don't waste your words saying things that we both know aren't true.
but i hope you think of me sometimes like i think about you.
i wonder if you're happy now, manipulating someone new.

Even more, I had never meant to love him. One thing I truly knew - knew it in the pit of my stomach, in the center of my bones, knew it from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet, knew it deep in my empty chest - was how love gave someone the power to break you. I'd been broken beyond repair

He's the reason I'm messed up, the reason
I can't get myself into another relationship.
No matter how hard I try, no matter how
bad I want to... I'm scared. I'm not scared
of getting hurt, I'm scared of hurting someone
else. Because I could never care for anyone
the way I cared about him.

"never forget how beautiful you are. you hold ideals, morals, and respect. you are unlike any other girl out there. don't forget to smile, because it lights up the room. don't ever lose yourself. guard your heart, you're too special to give it away to just anyone. don't you ever forget that you deserve the very best, don't settle for less, ever. and don't you dare change, not for me, not for any other guy, not for anyone. because you are more than amazing just the way you are."

knowing is better than wondering
waking is better than sleeping
and even the biggest failure
beats the hell out of never trying.

suddenly people who you think are
always going to be there, they disappear
you know? people die and they move
away and they grow up. everything
changes eventually.

the more i think about you,
and the day you left,
the more i realize i will never be the same.

 thousand miles seems pretty far
but they've got planes and trains and cars
i'd walk to you if i had no other way.

don't hold yourself like that,
you'll hurt your knees.
i kissed your mouth and back,
that's all i need.

you'll give me miles and miles of mountain,
and i'll ask for the sea.

because the truth is,
you've gotta believe in something,
you've gotta crawl before you can walk,
you've gotta walk before you can run,
you've gotta run before you can jump,
you've gotta jump before you can fly,
and one day, we're gonna fly.

i am tempermental,
like a heart without a home.
i am sentimental,
but you don't me at all.
i have expectations,
i wanna be the one you call.
i want a conversation,
but you don't know me at all.

When someone you love disappears, its like the light goes dim, and you’re in the shadows. You try to do what people tell you: put one foot in front of the other; keep looking up; give yourself over to the seconds and minutes and hours. But always there's a glimmer of light - that way of living you once knew - sort of faded and smoky like the crescent moon on a winter's night when the air is full of ice and clouds, but still there, hanging just over your head. You think it's not far. You think at any moment you can reach out and grab it.

What do I do now that your gone
No back up plan no second chance
And no one else to blame
All I can hear in the silence that remains
Are the words I couldn't say

It's funny how one summer can change everything.
it must be something about the heat
and the smell of chlorine, fresh-cut grass and honeysuckle,
asphalt sizzling after late-day thunderstorms,
the steam rising while everything drips around it.
something about long, lazy days and whirring air conditioners
and bright plastic flip-flops from the drugstore
thwacking down the street.
something about fall being so close; another year,
another christmas, another beginning. so much in one summer,
stirring up like the storms that crest at
the end of each day, blowing out all the heat
and dirt to leave everything gasping and cool.
everyone can reach back to one summer and lay a finger to it,
finding the exact point when everything changes.
that summer was mine.

I believe that everything happens for a reason.
People change so that you can
learn to let go,
things go wrong so that you
appreaciate them when they're right,
you believe lies so you
eventually learn to trust no one
but yourself,
& sometimes good things fall apart
so better things can fall together.

I'll never let this go
but I can't find the words to tell you
I don't want to be alone
But now I feel like I don't know you

you know that you're worthless,
and i am better than the games you play.

but he told me,
that for years,
he's just been dying,
 to save me.

but we try so hard not to die,
we forget to appreciate life.

something i've done,
that i can't outrun.
maybe you should wait.
maybe you should fall.
something you've said,
that can't be undone.

Just because somebody flirts with you
Doesn't mean they like you.
Just because somebody likes you
Doesn't mean they want to go out with you.
Just because somebody goes out with you
Doesn't mean they love you.
Just because somebody loves you
Doesn't mean they won't hurt you.
Because people lie & things change.
Boyfriends cheat, best friends leave,
& there will always be those people
That would kill to see you fall.

I'm weird with relationships. I think I know what I want, then I run. I think I run 'cause I'm scared. I'm scared I might get hurt. Or maybe, I just haven't found someone that's worth being hurt for.

I don't pretend to know what love is for everyone, but I can tell you what it is for me; love is knowing all about someone, and still wanting to be with them more than any other person. Love is trusting them enough to tell them everything about yourself, including the things you might be ashamed of. Love is feeling comfortable and safe with someone, but still getting weak knees when they walk into a room and smile at you.

why should i believe anything you say?
and how could you shame me that way?
where'd you get the nerve,
to even think that you could play.

i am thinking it's a sign,
that the freckles in our eyes,
are mirror images,
and when we kiss,
they're perfectly aligned.
true, it may seem like a stretch,
but it's thoughts like this that catch,
my troubled head,
when you're away,
when i am missing you to death.

every now and then, you wake up to a day that affects your whole life, the day in your life when you know you'll never be the same, the that changes the way you think about everything and everyone.

I just want to thank you, thank you, from the bottom of my heart
for all those sleepless nights, and for tearing me apart.

Barefoot or first thing in the morning, I feel beautiful. I didn't always feel that way, but I feel that way now. When somebody just loves you, and when you make somebody else happy, when your presence seems to make them happy, you suddenly feel like the most beautiful person in the world.

want to know exactly what makes you tick, I want to know your problems. I want to know what days you`re waking up on the wrong side of the bed, I want to know how many pillows you sleep with. I want to know why you sleep with a window open. I want to know if I`m ever needed, if I`m good enough to keep you warm at night time. I want to know if I even have a chance anymore. I want to know everything about you, whether it be fact or fiction. I want to know your past, your future, your inbetweens. Your favorite colors, your phobias ; everything.

You had me. You had me four months ago & you left. it has nothing to do with me, it`s about you & it`s always about you. What you need & what you want, you know... it seems like that you only want me when you can't have me. You like the chase & that's all. So you know what? You can have it.

i may have failed,
but i promise,
i have loved you from the start.

I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make
mistakes and can be out of control. At times, I'm
hard to handle but if you can't handle me at
my  worst, then you sure as hell don't
deserve me  at my best.

I've tried so hard to show my dear that you're my every dream.
Yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme.
A memory from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart,
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart?

I'm throwing away pictures
that i never should have taken in the first place
& it's cold in my apartment as i'm changing all the colors
from the brightest reds to grays.

Unsinkable ships, sink.
Unbreakable walls, break.
Sometimes the things you think that never happen,
Happen just like that.
Unbendable steel, bends.
Like the fury of the wind is unstoppable..
I've learned to never underestimate the impossible.

You closed your eyes. That was the difference.
Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel.
And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them too---even when you are in the dark. Even when you're falling.

Dreams are always crushing
When they don't come true.
But it's the simple dreams that
Are often the most painful because
They seem so personal, so reasonable,
So attainable.  You're always close enough
To touch but never quite close enough to hold,
& it's enough to break your heart.

I decided very early on just to accept life unconditonally;
I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I
seemed to accomplish far more than I have ever hoped.
Most of the time, it just happened to me without my
ever seeking it.

I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. Still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend.

I feel like i'm on that one ride at the fairs. The ones that you sit in and they spin you. & the lazy people, the laidback people, they can sit there and take the spinning lightly, let the ride do the work. But then theres people like me, that choose to take hold of the wheel in the middle, and spin it harder and harder, faster & faster. They keep going until they're green in the face and so dizzy & exhausted they can't stand. I keep spinning this damn ride, making it harder on myself than I should, But I don't know how to stop. I wish I could just sit back & "go with the flow." But I can't, I just dont know how. I cannot wait til someone or something just grabs me, just grips me up and makes all of it come to a hault. I can just imagine how great that will be. The whole world will still be spinning, but i'll know that I'm standing still, I'll know the ride is over, I'll know I'm alright.

The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment when you are between asleep and awake, when you don't know the difference between reality and fantasy, when for just that one moment you feel with your entire soul that the dream is reality and it really happened.

I still panic sometimes, forget to breathe,
but I know now that I have something
perfect in all my imperfections, a beauty
that he held up for me to see, a strength
that can never be taken away.

So here we lie in this beautiful mess
of tangled sheets and beads of sweat.
With my heart in your hand and my neck in the other,
should I be scared or should I come closer?
But it's still beating and I'm still breathing.
You haven't hurt me yet.

I have this theory that the more important and intimate the emotion, the fewer the words are required to express it. For instance, in dating, 'Will you go out with me?' Six words. 'I think I care for you.' Five words. 'You matter to me.' Four words. 'I love you.' Three words. 'Marry me.' Two words. So what's left? What's the most important and intimate word you can ever say to somebody? It's 'Goodbye.

all of the things that I want to say just aren't coming out right.
I'm tripping inwards, you got my head spinning.
I don't know where to go from here cause it's you and me and
all of the people with nothing to do, nothing to prove.

Maybe sometimes it's a good thing to stumble, because there's a better way to stand. Maybe we need to cry sometimes, because laughter cannot hide the worst. And maybe that's why we get hurt, for us to pass on the lesson and teach someone else.

i'm falling into memories of you,
and things we used to do.
follow me there,
that beautiful somewhere,
a place that i can share,
with you.

i don't understand why God would
ever let us meet if he knew there
 was no possible chance we could ever be together.

I`m learning to let go; to forgive; to forget grudges.
to trust; to hope; & to believe the impossible. take a
change; attempt a risk ; speak your mind. never take
life for granted ;; tomorrow may never come. make the
most of what you have; & fight for your dreams.
I`m learning now to live. to love. & to be loved.

oh i don't believe it,
that i could be so deceiving,
and bringing you down,
to feel this lack of loyalty.

you're impossible to find.