Sometimes songs exist to be someone else's theme song.

I have been searching for your touch,

unlike any touch I've ever known.

And I never thought about you much,

'til I'm broken down and all alone.

Though I don't understand the meaning of love,

I do not mind if I die trying.

Took you for granted when you lifted me up.

I'm asking for your help.

I am going through hell---

Afraid nothing can save me

but the sound of your voice;

you cut out all the noise.

And now that I can see my stakes so clearly now,

I'd kill if I could take you back,

but how?

You say, "Go,

it isn't [worth it]" and I say, "No, it isn't perfect," so I'll stay instead. I'm never gonna leave this bed.

"Waiting is painful.

Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering."

I will stay here with you, my love.

"And everyone is rushing around me

to be over there, and there, and everywhere, but why can't they just be here? Because you can't fix something on the inside by fixing something on the outside, and he was always just OK with letting things be the way they were. And when I was with him, I was OK too. OK with just letting everything exist the way it was supposed to, and he never felt the need to change me or fix me or anything. And I never felt the need to be changed."

I wonder 'til I'm wide awake.

Now I'm pacing back and forth,

wishing you were at my door.

I'd open up and you would say,

"Hey, it was enchanting to meet you."

And all I know is, I was enchanted to meet you.

This night is sparkling, don't you let it go.

I'll spend forever, wondering if you knew that I was enchanted to meet you.

"The right thing,

at the wrong time, is still the wrong thing."

---Joshua Wright

August 10th.

"Because

things change, and friends leave, and life doesn't stop for anybody."

---The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Recommendation.

For tonight:

1. In Your Atmosphere, John Mayer.

"I'm gonna steer clear.

I'd burn up in your atmosphere.

I'm gonna steer clear,

cause I'd die if I saw you,

I'd die if I didn't see you there.

So I don't think I'll go to L.A. anymore."

2. Between the Lines, Sara Bareilles

"Too late, two choices:

to stay or to leave.

Mine was so easy to uncover;

he'd already left with the other.

So, I'll learn to listen through silence.

Leave unsaid, unspoken.

Eyes wide shut, unopened.

You and me, always between the lines."

3. Someone Like You, Adele

"Nothing compares, no worries or cares;

regrets and mistakes, they're memories made.

Who would have known how

bittersweet this would taste?"

4. Breathe Again, Sara Bareilles

"Car is parked. Bags are packed.

But what kind of heart doesn't look back?

All those words came undone,

and now I'm not the only one

facing the ghosts that decide

if the fire still burns inside.

All I have. All I need is

the air I would kill to breathe.

Holds my love in his hands,

still I'm searching for something.

Out of breath, I am left hoping

someday, I'll breathe again."

"I take the car and drive the night.

The White Stripes blur and ease my mind. When all that's left is a single line, instead of this confusion. And I'm not certain of the way it was. And I'm not certain of what I could have done. Oh but I wonder if it had been enough. . . .I stop the car and close my eyes, and I can see his face but it takes a while. And it feeds me like the morning light: slow and unfocused."

---What I Know, Parachute.

Ha.