as your memory fades (rewrite 2)

you are disappearing

from my heart and mind

I tried to lose you long ago

but it took a little time

I never fit into

the plans you had made

you're leaving my mind

as your memory fades

in my imagination

I no longer picture you

all the time you were someone

I couldn't hold on to

I always knew I'd be the man

who would be betrayed

but it doesn't matter now

as your memory fades

          my mind's completely silent

          when I think about you now

          I'd remember all the good times

          but I don't know how

some mornings I wake up

by the alarm clock's call

I get up and start my day and

don't think of you at all

I'm smarter and I'm stronger

no longer afraid

of being alone 

as your memory fades

you're growing fainter

as your memory fades

as your memory fades (rewrite 1)

you are disappearing

from my heart and mind

I tried to lose you long ago

but it took a little time

I never fit into

the plans you had made

you're leaving my mind

as your memory fades

in my imagination

I no longer picture you

all the time I was someone

you wouldn't hold on to

I always knew I'd be the one

who would be betrayed

but it doesn't matter now

as your memory fades

          my mind's completely silent

          when I think about you now

          I'd remember all the good times

          but I don't know how

some mornings I wake up

I hear the alarm clock's call

I start my day and

I don't think of you at all

I'm smarter and I'm stronger

no longer afraid

of being alone 

as your memory fades

you're growing fainter

as your memory fades

as your memory fades

you are disappearing

from my heart and mind

I tried to lose you long ago

but it took a little time

I never fit into

the plans you had made

I see you going

as your memory fades

I no longer picture you

in my imagination

all the time I was someone

of your own creation

I never thought I'd be the one

who would be betrayed

it doesn't matter now

as your memory fades

          my mind's completely silent

          when I think about you now

          I'd remember the good times

          but I don't know how

some mornings I wake up

I hear the alarm clock's call

I start my day and

I don't think of you at all

I'm smarter and I'm stronger

no longer afraid

of being alone 

as your memory fades

you're growing fainter

as your memory fades

Becky reads about celebrities

Becky reads about celebrities

on Saturday afternoons

stuck inside a dirty house

waiting in her bedroom

silver screens in magazines

works on her imagination

dreams and schemes about movie queens

is her situation

Becky doesn't like her life

high school is such a bore

mathematics

English class

all too easy to ignore

so she yearns to be in fantasy

she longs to be famous and rich

real life doesn't turn out right

she doesn't know which is which

you belong

I can see you

hiding in the corner

thinking that maybe

you shouldn't be here

like some refugee

like some sort of foreigner

looking for some way

to silently disappear

well, you can step on out

don't let it alarm you

it'll be okay

ain't nothing going to harm you

back and forth

to and fro

up and down

right or wrong

you belong

you belong

you've been waiting

in these dark days

for somebody to

shine a light

but you won't find them

with your eyes closed

completely shut

in the dark of night

well, you can search like that

but you won't find it

look around yourself

don't never-mind it

touch and go

light or dark

it's all yours

for a song

you belong

you belong

I would speak to you

I would speak to you

if I could figure out the words

they all come out dry and dusty

not nice and happy

the way that you prefer

but that's the way it must be

I don't like confrontation

it's an investigation

into hearts and minds

and hopes and dreams

I am just a common man

trying to do the best he can

but nothing ever is

the way it seems

I would speak to you

if I knew just what to say

but all my words crumble in your sight

I wish that they were loving

but I have to go away

somewhere in the stark, black night

I'm sorry for my actions

I know that satisfaction

will never happen

between you and me

so I will go away now

there's nothing I can say now

that can bring us back

to where we used to be

          if I could speak to you

          the way I used to do

          I would never waste my time

          with your promise

          of carefree days to come

          our path had just begun

          except you had no intention

          of being honest

I would speak to you

if I knew what words to use

but all my stories are spoken for

all these memories

add up to an excuse

to make my way to an open door

I don't what I can say

I'll silently go away

to a place where I can start my life anew

you're now a memory

that I'm hiding inside me

now I'm figuring out what I can do

I would speak to you

I would speak to you

thanksgiving haiku

thanksgiving morning

it's time for some eating

be grateful today