Didn't I know you in highschool
weren't we some kind of friends?
Didn't we hold up our hands
for our holy recompense?
Didn't we walk the same hallways
and you hugged whoever wasn't me?
Your mother wrote me into her novel
but killed me off by chapter three
Weren't there forests full of footfalls
where our hands were frozen still
and we saw a ghostly taxi
at the top of the hill?
Didn't I try to kiss you there
early in the month?
But you covered up your mouth
with all the tact of a punch
We laughed about TV shows
though I hated all your favourite bands
I mean, you didn't even like the Beatles
but I still wanna'd to hold your hand
I wanna hold your hand
I thought I'd lost you in the balcony
the truth was you were already gone
and I sang "plaisir d'amour
ne dure qu'un moment"
What a miserable opera
the stage was white and red
and I could smell your saliva
on the curse of your breath
The meanest of incantations
what pride do I have left?
If I've known you at your worst
does that mean I know you best?
Maybe we could have been compadres
but it doesn't help to dwell
Said the singer without an ounce of irony
Oh God
Oh well
Maybe forgiveness can be my vengeance
and loss be how I win
Maybe this is how I love you
by being indifferent
So I knew you in highschool
but I doubt you knew me
But the chalk is off the blackboards
and the halls are emptying
I'm forgetting how to
I'm forgetting how to
I'm forgetting how to hate you it's freaking me out
I'm forgiving you
I'm for forgiving you
I'm for forgiving you
For giving you a way out
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