.

you know i know, so why dont you just say so?


you can hide all you want behind that wry smile,
but i know youre watching me all the while.
did you know im scared to look at you too
because speechless is something i rarely do.

instead i tend to run a muck
dodging and diving, im just like a duck
there goes my head back into the sand
again and again and again and again.

so hey little boy whom i knew so well
when you realize youre stuck under the bell
just like me all those times before
it will be okay to come knocking at my door.

i have an orange peel surrounding my heart
and if your hands are steady, you can start
illl let you begin to pull from one end,
and i can unravel crying next to you again.

because the air is fresh between the leaves
and my stomach no longer aches and heaves
i can stay up all night hugging my knees
and we can run away like thieves.