Photo Album

These tears I cry are for you
I may be young, but I still know
What love can do
I've lost you now
But I still have your pictures and I cry out loud
The memory of you etched on my brain
Hasn't, and wont, erase
Your permanent marker has left a stain
All I have left of you is memories
Your picture is in my photo album
Why cant time freeze?
My life feels wrong
Without you in it
It's already been too long
I've tried to get over it
I've been putting on a show since then
My love for you just won't quit
All the things you said
Echo in my ears
And run through my head
As i flip through my album pages
I pause and touch your face
Oh, the feeling it stages
Wishing you were there
Right in front of me
So I could run my fingers through your hair
I know all about you and you about me
My pictures a constant reminder
Of why I can't ever be free
I'm sorry about my obsession
I try not to let it show
You've made a decision
You want to move on
I CAN'T see you with another girl
My blood would be gone
It would drain through my toes
Because my heart wouldn't beat
And my eyes would close
Sometimes I wish they would forever
So I could just be a memory
If you'd want to remember
Whoever you're with, I hope you think
Just a couple of times of me
See through the blots of ink
Music compells me to write
It makes me think too much
It's something I just can't fight
I listen and look at you at the same time
It makes me cry and I start to write
I wish I could hold your hand again
I have forgotten what it feels like
And how your kiss made me spin
My photo album is all I have of your love
I cherish all the fond memories
Don't forget me and our time
My river of tears still flows
And will for a long time
A long time, for me, is forever

-June 28, 2004