Quicksilver in Hand

Dotting those t’s, crossing those eyes
You’re always so confused
Spilled all your tea, read every leaf
You broke the golden rule

And I know, yeah I know that you miss me
And I know that we're both at fault
But I don't, no I don't want a visit
Or a letter with all your thoughts

And I get that you're waiting on my heart
Maybe it's broken or got delayed
Check again, ‘cause I know
That I sent you it...

Guess it got lost in the mail
Our plans and ambitions, our visions, the love that I thought we had...
Guess it got lost in the mail
The way that you took me for granted
I must have forgot the stamp...

She trusts him… to betray her every time she gives him her trust
Continually deflated that she rushed in
His love spins quite the web
A spider’s venom it might bite your head
A night of dread that might just end in a violent death
But you’ll die like a star… “adore me from afar
'Cause the closer that we are the more it hurts to be apart”,
she said
“But since it's just human nature
To give and burn, live and learn and do it later
Best friends can then turn to strangers
But then when the page turns, return to danger
Senseless when the line’s drawn between
Hiding in quarantine and finding a floor to clean
I'm blinded by all I see and trying to cop a plea
But dying cause part of me is finding it hard to flee
’Cause you distinctively sing to me
Your symphony in sync with the imprint of ease
You inked on me—a tatted disease
That poisonous bite might bring a gal to her knees
See, I’m supposed to skate on that frozen lake
But when you're close it breaks and then I float away
So, no more rehearsals and running in circles
It's time we decided to live in the real world
Come here dear, you can be the moth for a change
And I'll be the flame that ignites your fall from grace”

Their lifelines put them both on the sidelines
And even though they know they still need something to believe in
‘Cause like fine wine, true love lasts a lifetime
But summer love doesn't function in other seasons
Please, take as much space as you want
If so shaken and distraught, getting impatient and pacing
With hastening walks — she's taken a shock by his vagrancy
It’s sparked a vacancy in her heart, now check the mail cart.

And I know, yeah I know that you miss me
And I know that we're both at fault
But I don't, no I don't want a visit
Or a letter with all your thoughts

And I know that you're waiting on my heart
Maybe it's broken or just delayed
Check again, cause I know
That I sent you it...

He loves her... when she’s giving him what he wants
Said even when she's in her head, she's all heart
The fall starts and he holds the cards in folders
’til he opens the deck and it’s fraught with jokers
Phaedra braved her way to exclaim her doting
’Til she was slain by the blade in a blaze of emotion
Oh, hyppolotus, through hindsight’s oculus
Should have honoured the goddess of love, not artimus
At the peak of their relationship, they came to split
The love bug came and bit, and made ‘em sick
Guess they shouldn’t have been closing their hands
Love scarred ‘em then darted away and broke all their plans
A moment that scammed both of them and slowly had snapped
A photo of past romance with their souls as they danced
’Cause now it's caught up in his flesh and it's got him 16 Bothered and pondering questions like,
“Should I honour the affections by
Calling her hollering at her or should I exit? might
Want to invest in psychiatric help
Caught her for a while to flirt
Losing my strength as I think of a line to spurt
Using a pen and it's ink just to try and learn
If she's a friend or a fling cause the lines are blurred
It’s so innocent in the beginning, but it's a sham
Spinning the cylinder willing to kill a man
But will it last? Building pillars in the sand
It’s love; alas, quicksilver in his hand.”
Then the downward spiral begins
And the sounds of the sirens start firing in
Consequences of admiring sin, decided to blend
His crying within with a silent grin, but the night would end In a sight of mist and a light that dimmed
On the lies that we like to spin
Don’t know why but in my defence…

I sealed my heart with wax
’til the cards were stacked
With all of them stamped…

I gave you all I had
And every chance
But never heard back…

Guess it got lost in the mail
That letter
That thank you
That invite
Tat wedding
That birthday gift...

Guess it got lost in the mail
That future
That family
That fantasy
That lifetime of happiness.