1/8/11
I never used to believe the whole
‘a burden shared is a burden halved’
I never used to believe in talking therapy
‘just talk about it, you’ll feel better’

And so I went through life just hiding inside a thousand lies,
So tiring trying to remember who you’ve told what
and always fearing you’ll slip up and ruin everything
again.

And so I went through life with this secret hidden in my heart,
With all my veins wrapped so tight around it
that it hurt sometimes I had to just let them loosen
up a bit.

So now I’ve got all these scars that can and can’t be seen,
But I guess I got tired of the entire depressed scene,
And I guess I decided maybe all this crap was worth a try,
And so I, and it took practice for so many years, but I
taught myself how to run this tongue in truth,

I think I caught my tongue off guard and sometimes it’s still hard
to get the words from my head to my mouth,
I’m still used to lying, exaggerating and hiding,
But I, and I’m still practicing all the time, but I
taught myself how to run this tongue in truth,
And that secret wrapped inside my chest might have just slipped out
by accident, but who says all accidents are bad because I think
this was the best thing I ever did. I never knew I’d feel like this,
As cliché as it is my shoulders, my spine is holding up nothing
but my body right now, and I feel like I could probably fly
if I ran fast enough on my light feet,

And that secret wrapped inside my chest might have just forced its way
onto my tongue but I’m not angry or trying to figure out how
I’ll ever live this down, I never knew I’d feel so,
And I’m on the ninth cloud and I know eventually I’ll come down
But I’m enjoying it for now, and I feel like I am flying
all because I ran my tongue.