Back to the Earth

love is the greatest illusion of all
it makes me come alive when i know i'm already dead inside
the air gets weighed down with its expectations
the night air becomes electric with physical delights
i build up the emotion like a skyscraper
the beams are weak and the glass is breakable
there's a fragility in love's embrace
i see it every time i look over at your place
i embarass myself to show you how i am smitten with you
you're unaffected and my tower crumbles back to the earth

happiness is a futile search
it can't remain still enough to keep
i had it for a second then you went away
i left my heart wide open
your lies caught me by surprise
i see you're no good for me
sorrow's tears flood through me to drown out the hurt
i succumb to the pain
you're oblivious and i bury my happiness, giving it back to the earth.

lonliness clings to my flesh
i don't feel anything anymore
all i do is stare into the now empty air
i had thought we'd be together until my last day
but you always had another way
she's perfect and i'm not her
therefore, you don't want me anymore
i'm trying to make peace with my tragedy
you're callous so i will take this lonliness and use to come back down to the earth.