Left And Leaving

My city's still breathing (but barely it's true)

Through buildings gone missing like teeth

The sidewalks are watching me think about you

Sparkled with broken glass

I'm back with scars to show

Back with the streets I know

Will never take me anywhere but here

The stain in the carpet, this drink in my hand

The strangers whose faces I know

We meet here for our dress-rehearsal

To say, "I wanted it this way"

Wait for the year to drown

Spring forward, fall back down

I'm trying not to wonder where you are

All this time lingers, undefined

Someone choose who's left and who's leaving

Memory will rust and erode into lists

Of all that you gave me:

A blanket, some matches, this pain in my chest

The best parts of lonely, duct-tape, and soldered wires

New words for old desires

And every birthday card I threw away

I wait in 4/4 time

Count yellow highway lines that you're relying on

To lead you home