Song Short Stories

Perfectly Wrong ~ Shawn Mendes

Taste the poison from your lips
Lately we're as good as gone
Oh our love is drunk and is singin' me my favourite song

I think back to our first kiss, when things were just beginning. Sure it was awkward, not the kind of kiss you'd see in a film, but to me it was perfect. We were both young, naive, but you were my first love. No one could take that away. But lately, the spark seems to have gone. There is no magic when you're around me.

Me and you
We were meant to brake
I know that it's true
But it's much too late

We were complete opposites; you an optimist, I a pessimist. You were always so kind, patient, you always wanted what was best for everyone. I was cold, sarcastic, with a temper that could compete with The Hulk. We tried to avoid it for as long as possible, but sometimes you can't avoid the inevitable.

You're perfectly wrong for me
And that's why it's so hard to leave
Yeah, you're perfectly wrong for me
Perfectly wrong for me

I think that's why we worked. You know what they say, opposites attract. We were like a magnet; you would be north, always looking towards the next thing. I would be south, always looking behind me, thinking about the past.

All the stars in the sky can see
Why you're perfectly wrong for me

Everyone could tell when things started to get tough. I was permanently in a bad mood, worse than normal. You would be irritable, wouldn't participate in conversations. All our friends kept asking if everything was okay, our answer always "yes".

Oh you know how much it hurts
Every time you say you hate me
But when we're makin' love you make it worth it
Can't believe the places you take me

It started to get worse. We started arguing, most of them over stupid things like not putting rubbish in the bin, others were worse. They could get really heated. One time we didn't speak for 2 days. It never got physical though, we never intended on hurting each other. Most of the time they would end up in apologies and kisses so full of passion we soon forgot what we fought about in the first place.

There's no use
We were meant to break
I know that it's true
And it's much too late

Unfortunately a couple of days later, one of us would find something to fight about. Sometimes I couldn't stand the sight of you.

You're perfectly wrong for me
And that's why it's so hard to leave
Yeah, you're perfectly wrong for me
Oh you're perfectly wrong for me
All the stars in the sky can see
Why you're perfectly wrong for me

Eventually it got too much, we just couldn't be together anymore. It wasn't fair for either of us. I miss you, my first love. I would do anything to go back to when it was good, when we were together, when we were happy.

Oh and why can't I quit
When you break my heart open
I need you more than I know
Oh and I can't resist
When you're up against my skin
I never wanna let you go

Sometimes we can't help ourselves. We'll see each other out, at a party or in the streets. We always fall back into each others arms, unable to resist it for just a few minutes with one another. Each time it reopens he wound, each time more painful than the last.