Dear-Maria Mena

[ti:Dear] [ar:Maria Mena] [al:Cause and Effect] [by:] [offset:0] [00:13.32]I’ll always treasure the naivety [00:13.07]Of the past we’ve shared [00:16.70]Our bodies grew much faster than our minds [00:20.57]But together we got good at stopping time [00:24.76]My teen angst drove me to hurt myself [00:32.14]And I made u watch [00:35.51]Oh the pain I must have caused [00:39.45]But by staying around u saved my life [00:43.57]We were never meant to be lovers [00:52.95]Just fellow late bloomers [00:56.95]Who blossomed the part [01:03.26]Who blossomed the part [01:06.57]Watching my parents [01:15.80]Made me look for something destructive [01:18.48]And there u were [01:21.55]With all the characteristics of my mom [01:25.74]Familiarity of home [01:29.05]The geographic gap let to forced adulthood [01:37.49]And your rage exposed [01:40.68]I’m glad we left things when we did [01:44.17]I doubt I’d survive another bloody moan [01:48.36]We were never meant to be lovers [01:57.86]We just mirrored each other’s self destructiveness [02:04.79]The spotlight burned in the room when we were together [02:23.30]And we played our parts [02:26.73]And I wore an imaginary tv screen [02:30.61]So u never got to touch my heart [02:36.86]We were never meant to be lovers [02:44.17]Our egos fed of each other [02:48.23]And died overweight [02:54.30]And died overweight [02:56.55]I thought I’d seen it all when u first walked in [03:09.42]But u shut me up [03:13.05]And challenged every wrong perception I’ve had of myself [03:17.61]And u haven’t ever stopped