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Adieu


Sometimes it's hard

Thinking about our past

I want to write you letters

But you'd probably take a sideways glance

 

I went off to school

And you to do your part

Serving for our country 

Now the Marines have your heart

 

We went through a lot

That year and some

And I regret what happened everyday 

We really were dumb

 

It could have been happy

I could have reacted better

You just wanted me in your life

And all I could think about was her

 

You did treat her badly 

I only had one rule

You treat my friends like shit

I'll treat you like a fool 

 

But you didn't have to go

And make it so much worse

She'd never had someone

She'd never experienced your curse

 

She just wanted to experience love

And she thought you'd be her giver

But you just wanted to use her position

To make me shake and shiver

 

She really was one of my closest 

And you broke the rule again

I had given you many chances

And I couldn't hide my pain 

 

I talked and talked and talked

To try and escape my guilt

But it only brought me closer

To the drama that I built

 

I was definitely not innocent 

In our "big" falling out

But you were no saint either

Not even by a little amount

 

You never got very far with me

And you took it way past "ok"

Especially when you used it

To have your own field-day

 

You broke her heart and crushed her soul

Multiple times might I add

But by then I was done with you both

For you, I was ironclad

 

Maybe that's why you did it to me

To make me understand

Because I had done the exact same thing

You played me against my very own hand

 

That kid had loved me for many years

And suddenly you came along

You were charming, sweet, polite

I had no sense of right or wrong

 

But that's all over now

The three of us are separated

I don't think we'll ever get back 

To the place where our story dated

 

I hope that life for you is well

And that you treat your new girl right

Because even the shitties of ex girlfriends, 

Can miss you with all her might 

 

 

 

 

 

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