"Remembering You Alone"
I lay on the trampoline
One warm South Carolina summer night,
Drinking Jack and
Singing to myself
Nonsense songs straight from my soul--
I pretended you were here
And said, "Baby, I'm so sad"--
I pretended you were here,
That you held my hand and
Said everything's going to be okay.

I ran my hand along the canvas--
(Maybe it feels a bit like human skin)--
Closing my eyes,
I dreamed of you
And the days I would never get back--
Days when I leaned on your shoulder
And didn't dare say a word.

Soft wind and strangely sung words
Accompanied me that night--
It was small comfort that I could still smile
Through the heartbreak,
That I could still remember your voice
And pretend that you said
Everything's going to be okay.

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