Fool's Gold

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Since day one, I couldn't take my eyes away.

Your eyes drew me in, shining bright and bold

I would have never thought then, that I had got so lucky

I’d found my jackpot under the rainbow, my pure piece of gold

 

After a while,

You opened up to me about your past,

You showed me the weak parts of you,

The ones that were gashed

 

There were lots of times

Where I thought it was too much

That I needed to dip out 

But I never did such

 

I stayed through those long nights

With you on the phone

Crying your eyes out,

Saying, Tori just come home

 

Then that one night you kissed me

I thought my heart was gonna beat out of my chest

I was scared, but I loved it

Where it would lead, I never would've guessed

 

My best friend,

You pulled me from my comfort zone

Made me open up and let you see every part of me

You stripped me down...right to the bone

 

I never thought

I could love the openness between us

But with each passing hour,

All I could think about is your touch, your caress

 

To stay in your arms forever

To listen to your heartbeat,

My wishes were innocent

I promise to always be sweet

 

But things got in the way

And I would end up hurt,

But I had my Perri’s promises

No way could this get worse

 

I was naive, and little did I know

This was only the start

Things were gonna change

Mostly, my heart

 

I thought I was the only one

The only one you wanted

But I was just the one behind closed doors

Not the one that you flaunted

 

 

There are prettier, better looking girls

But it’s the heart we love, right?

When you come home all stressed out every day

Baby stop, I don’t want to fight

 

One day I realize

We’re never gonna work

Cause you’ve got your eyes on another

And you leave me to go berserk

 

I’m lost now

Where do I go from here?

You were my whole life

I just want to disappear

 

I stopped talking to friends

I don’t want to go out

I stopped eating

You’re all I think about

 

When will this pain end?

All I see in my head is you and that girl

That should be me!

God, I think I’m gonna hurl

 

Sick all the time

No stop to my pain

Day after day

I am simply drained

 

A month goes by

Then another after that

I still think about you

Do you wonder where I’m at?

 

You set my world on fire

And then you left me burning

I felt that spark way down deep

And I’m still yearning

 

Longing for that feeling of wholeness

Of being all together again

It’s still a road I’m going down

A process that’s hard to explain

 

I know I’m not the only one

At home with a broken heart

Many people have gotten over love

And they’ve gotten up to restart

 

You thought that I was weak and fragile

Something you could break

But I’ve grown so much stronger

I’m a mountain that will not quake

 

Now I say to everyone out there

With a broken heart

They might have made you feel worthless

But you are a million dollar work of art

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