Sorry about my out of tune piano. This is just a quick preliminary song idea. 

I'll Be There When You Come Home

Eve was made from Adam's rib,
And some people say now, that men have one less rib. 
And I thought that maybe I could be that 
Missing bone.
Just like your ribs, 
I thought I might - 
be where your heart's at home.

But instead.
I opened my Ribcage and handed you my heart.
You took it gladly while knowing such scars
That the giving and cleaving would leave behind. 

And like the bones that trace my chest,
That trap my heart inside.
Decisions form another trap,
A silky web of tangled lies.

My past is the master,
My present -
The slave.
And how I've gone from A to B.
A many-layered cage.

Just like the bones we shared.
That knocked together on a sticky afternoon,
I thought our souls,
knocked and locked,
and met on that day too.

But you just held my Ribcage, 
Like I was a hollow doll;
You held the shell of who I am,
And then spat out my soul.

A pretty little husk is all I was to you,
A balm to soothe your soul's aching wounds. 

Ribcage

You said "don't try to change me.
Just be happy that I'm around."
But at the first sign of danger,
You went and let me down. 

I said "Love won't alter,
when alterations it finds."
But when I got mad you bolted.
The unchanging went and changed his mind.

Unchanging

Dripping in diamonds, gilded in gold.
He fed me a lie and I swallowed it whole. 
My crown of gems might as well be thorns,
'Cause I've been a fool since the day I was born. 

Bracelets of bronze that shackle my wrists.
I buy into lies that love exists. 
Silver and pearls, they dazzle the eyes;
But what is the worth of a charming smile?
And I can be bought with a promise and a ring,
A glint of metal and I'll come running. 

You can shower me with riches and pretty things you say,
But what use is a promise if your feet are made of clay?
So lock up your heart and keep it safe,
'Cause footprints on your soul don't go away. 

And all of the jewels buried in my flesh,
Are testament to being loved and then left. 


dark-horse

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