There's no excuse for excuses Healing hurts like you're swallowing bruises It's true you didn't choose this Healing hurts when we love who we're losing Now you, are only illusion Healing hurts, makes me feel stupid I was eating a sandwich when I got the phone call Now I can't get what was said Out of my head, my head is heavy lead Writing a letter to the dead That's all A simple thought of you can bring me to tears Death is the disaster, a storm that never clears A Nostalgic collage in my brain A mirage, then you're gone, insane Moments turn to stone Photographs locked in frames Can't imagine your face ever getting older I wondered how long you'd live if you got sober I wonder how those drugs got a hold of you I wonder if you ever felt love like I do Feeling like I'll never feel better Reading, breathing, grieving Finding meaning on an island screaming Asylum seeking kindness, finding violence Tired dreaming of impossible meetings cuz To process a loss and collect the pieces putting me Back together will take forever I see suicide is so high Addiction at my doorstep Knocking I ignore it Mindfully exploring A slow moving tortoise That's sore and distorted Aurora dwindling down Tangled chords making sounds it's not proud of Abandoned building with a ceiling feeling crowded Can't get out it I can't tell if I practice suffering Is this an act of loving or is it cactus hugging? Feel stuck in it Impatient while my heart is slowly buffering I hurry hurry it along I've felt enough of it Why do thoughts Hurt so bad? Why does love work like that? It's true you didn't choose this Healing hurts like you're swallowing bruises Healing hurts when we love who we're losing