i am no decoy

rose pedals, bike petals
flowers in the street
on the sheets
will the real hartbreaker please stand up?

she's got an empty bottle and a sore throat,
walking past the elevators
she looks at the sky and shouts,

WILL YOU BE THE ONLY ONE
only it comes out garbled and cold
she's cold.
but she won't go to sleep until sunshine fills her cells.
She wants to glow.
She wants the glow.
Incandescence is her greatest goal.

i am the water under your bridge.
i am the dirt under your nails
(because there's always dirt under your nails)
i will always be here,
orbiting you
revolving and resolving and recalling shit that has never ever happened
who's gonna burn you?
who will tear you down?

i am invincible, whereas you are vulnerable.
you rely on me.