The absence is stinging Waiting for the low rumble of hope Not knowing if you’re here, where you are (Can you see me? Hear me?) , if you’re there The nights that used to plague you are becoming a dear friend You’re not the only one who aches for dusk Where the sun can finally be put to rest and the only thing is left is You You, darling You So the emotions splay out, and the thoughts start rolling What if, what if?  (What if?)  And another soul becomes restless on your night It’s not easy being crazy It’s a pretty unpretentious fact Who would want to know their pain is coming from a miscommunication in the brain?  This is all too real, but it shouldn’t be! It can’t be. Maybe if I just Take one more—it won’t hurt All it can do is make things better Yet I can’t help but think they’re the cause for it There you go again, take something for that You need it All they can do is help Right?  The thoughts burn their way into you Cover it up, cover it up And you do, better than I’ve seen anyone cover it up before (Must be at the peak)  And it scares me silly,  Because everyone knows what comes up must come down (Better take something for that)  But there is no pill in the world that can make you defy gravity I have never lost a friend before, but I was always prepared Prepared, but never expecting And there you are, swaying on the edge of the cliff The terrible sight of it finally sinks in And I wish I never had put up with this But then I would never have seen (You)  You come down Here we go again, climbing back up that peak Together this time, for now I’ve learned never to let you stray Let’s stand on the edge, and feel the wind on our back Earthy forces pulling us down, they have no effect on what we feel On what’s not destroying us,  Only we hold each other’s tethers, and we will never let go  (Just promise me that)  When the time expires, we slowly descend,  Me, guiding you to level ground,  The blood running down my legs the only thing keeping me rational. …But mutilation like this is insane,  And only until watching you and your equally insane acts did I realize it So let’s start over Wipe the slate and the wounds clean Let’s take what we need and never go to the peak again,