Amy Carmichael

I know your secret.
You told me yourself.
And those grades you attribute, to me and my help.
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I miss the cinema’s comfortable sofas
At the entrance and outside the screen rooms.
I miss sitting on them, curled into you, ‘cause
We were kids and had nowhere else to go.
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This night is a lie ‘cause im just a pretty girl beside you
I kiss you like that and you stiffen like you know
That I don’t ever want to let you go
So I pull away quick and make amends
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We sat and watched as couples floated by
Knew as we sat there that their love would die

I didn’t think you could just walk away,
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They say to write more, that this is my talent,
But they don’t know of these well-constructed lies,
Or how I sit at night, alone, cold and silent.
She can’t understand the price, no matter how she tries.
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I'm burning all my bridges and I'm running out of time
If I'd had just one more minute I could have somehow made you mine,
But as it is, im broken and im falling to the ground,
Im weightless, empty, and nothing I say makes a sound.
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I’ll love you because I know you’ll never love me too,
But then my charm works against me and I lose my chance to be blue
As you hold me tight and kiss me oh so sweetly
And my inner masochist rebels and disposes of you oh so neatly.
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BOY I wanna say I love you and mean it
I wanna kiss you and never want to stop
I wanna press you up against that wall one more time
Before I have to run on home
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No, no, no my dear you don’t understand
He wants me bad and he offers his hand
He wants to look after me and take away my pain
But im a cynic and I see what he will gain.
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I want you to say something
Spark a conversation. Inspire me
Be my muse.
Your lips on mine-the feeling I translate.
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Secret love, she’s with someone else
She shares my name and you share her love.
Does she see his face when you kiss her do you suppose?
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Im bored
I wont live like this
I hate him more than I know
He tries so hard and all he gets is my scorn
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I feel so alone.
I have you in school, you’re there in maths,
You help me so much-I’m hopeless at graphs.
That smile lights up my world and you share so much,
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Have you ever watched someone press their own self destruct button?

Did you watch yourself from behind the haze that drugs and love induce?
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When i sketch your lips
I sketch them cruel
Hunters weapons, dangerous as any blade
Taking down your prey in a deserted glade,
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She wrote me a letter from Cuba, lots of loose pages
She posted it there and it didnt come to me for ages.
Worth waiting for. Complete with coffee stain,
Upside down stamp, her heart laid bare and plain.
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He was shaking as he reached for me again
His eyes pleading, with barely concealed pain,
His hands locked together behind my waist,
As my lips met his for a final taste.
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Duffy talks of Valentines, Crushes, First Loves and more.
You can tell this woman’s loved ‘till her heart was sore
I wonder if I’ll ever love as exquisitely as she writes
I imagine my heart soaring to entirely new heights
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I don’t ask who else you see
Or if you kiss them quite so hard as me
I’ve never asked you to stay and I never would
Never asked you to love me or even if you could
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I know you thought we could make it
And I know the blame doesn’t lie with you
It’s not your fault-not even a little bit
It’s me and my selfishness, no matter what you argue.
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