Divided Unity

Maybe I Am The World

When I told you I'd give the world and more to you

Maybe we both misunderstood

Perhaps I underestimated us both

How horrible is heartbreak, how great is good

I guess I let myself get too close

To the sun, my red storm and watching rings

A cusp caught between flames and stones

Thinking about the worst of things.

When I gave you what I had to offer to you

I knew I was still in debt

Perhaps I thought it would slide

But those memories haven't quite faded yet

I guess I'm not what you thought

Now I'm repeating what I've said before

Hangnails and rashes don't feel the same

As repeating what I've done before

When I let you into my mind and my heart

And to you sold my love

I must have thought it was a worthy trade

That only great stories can be written of

I guess our animals must be wrong

You're no rabbit, they say in awe

I must be the bunny you're chasing

And you must be the fox, after all

When I look back and smile at memories

And mourn when I see circles green

I look forward to a familiar beep

And a red heart on my screen

I guess I'm just catching up with myself

'Cause if I ask to the mirror how I've been

I get two answers: One's moved on

The other never went through the hell we were in.

When I reach a hand to a yellow picture frame

And ponder the words of my reflection

I remember genuine smiles and tears

And rose pink on pearl complexions

I guess my poetic grievance can wait

If I ever really want to move ahead

But don't ever ask me how that's going

'Cause if I've fully moved on, I must be dead.