I miss my nephew and all his friends coming
over to jam at my house.
Why do kids have to grow up, and think it’s uncool to hang
out with their Aunt?
"Self-Conclusion"
by Spill Canvas
Fade in, start
the scene
Enter beautiful girl
But things are not what they seem
As we stand at the edge of the world
"Excuse me, sir
But I have plans to die tonight
Oh, and you are directly in my way
And I bet you're going to say it's not right"
My reply:
"Excuse me, miss
But do you have the slightest clue
Of exactly what you just said to me
And exactly who you're talking to?"
She said, "I don't care, you don't even know me"
I said, "I know but I'd like to change that soon, hopefully"
Yeah, we all flirt with the tiniest notion
Of self-conclusion in one simplified motion
You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it
No matter how unbearable this misery gets
"You make it sound so easy to be alive
But tell me, how am I supposed to seize this day
When everything inside me has died?"
My reply:
"Trust me, girl
I know your legs are pleading to leap
But I offer you this easy choice-
Instead of dying, living with me"
She said, "Are you crazy? You don't even know me."
I said, "I know, but I'd like to change that soon hopefully"
Yeah, we all flirt with the tiniest notion
Of self-conclusion in one simplified motion
You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it
No matter how unbearable this misery gets
I would be lying if I said that things would never get rough
And all this cliché motivation, it could never be enough
I could stand here all night trying to convince you
But what good would that do?
My offer stands, and you must choose
"All right, you win, but I only give you one night
To prove yourself to be better than my attempt at flight
I swear to god if you hurt me I will leap
I will toss myself from these very cliffs
And you'll never see it coming"
"Settle, precious, I know what you're going through
Just ten minutes before you got here I was going to jump too"
Yeah we all flirt with the tiniest notion
Of self-conclusion in one simplified motion
You see the trick is that you're never supposed act on it
No matter how unbearable this misery gets
Enter beautiful girl
But things are not what they seem
As we stand at the edge of the world
"Excuse me, sir
But I have plans to die tonight
Oh, and you are directly in my way
And I bet you're going to say it's not right"
My reply:
"Excuse me, miss
But do you have the slightest clue
Of exactly what you just said to me
And exactly who you're talking to?"
She said, "I don't care, you don't even know me"
I said, "I know but I'd like to change that soon, hopefully"
Yeah, we all flirt with the tiniest notion
Of self-conclusion in one simplified motion
You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it
No matter how unbearable this misery gets
"You make it sound so easy to be alive
But tell me, how am I supposed to seize this day
When everything inside me has died?"
My reply:
"Trust me, girl
I know your legs are pleading to leap
But I offer you this easy choice-
Instead of dying, living with me"
She said, "Are you crazy? You don't even know me."
I said, "I know, but I'd like to change that soon hopefully"
Yeah, we all flirt with the tiniest notion
Of self-conclusion in one simplified motion
You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it
No matter how unbearable this misery gets
I would be lying if I said that things would never get rough
And all this cliché motivation, it could never be enough
I could stand here all night trying to convince you
But what good would that do?
My offer stands, and you must choose
"All right, you win, but I only give you one night
To prove yourself to be better than my attempt at flight
I swear to god if you hurt me I will leap
I will toss myself from these very cliffs
And you'll never see it coming"
"Settle, precious, I know what you're going through
Just ten minutes before you got here I was going to jump too"
Yeah we all flirt with the tiniest notion
Of self-conclusion in one simplified motion
You see the trick is that you're never supposed act on it
No matter how unbearable this misery gets
Wow! I was shocked at the end! What a great poem!! Hits very close to home for me....Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeletePami, its is a song. If you liked it you should look it up. It's good.
ReplyDeleteI really like this, and how the man(I assume) didn't tell her his intention of jumping until the end.
ReplyDeleteThought this poem was really good and personally was surprised at the end as well.
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard this song but it sounds nice.
ReplyDeletei like this song. it is really good and it is surprising at the end
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