The Terrible Secret

Pave these streets with open arms
 It's always you we have waited on
 The skin, the taste, the drug, the need
 I am asking, telling you, don't leave
 Erase the lines that we have drawn
 It's always you we have waited on and waited on and on and on
 These are our words that fill these mouths
 But all the letters of the alphabet could never spell it out
 These palms and frames that we tear through
 To cling to something that is bigger than the failed attempts at you
 Wait, wait, wait
 I don't want to see
 Wait, wait, wait
 I am not the person anyone would want to be
 The perfect shoes with the matching clothes
 It is the lie we are always told
 But nothing masks the shallow touch
 Like saying words that cost so much
 While you are an addict to the need
 To find yourself a way to breathe
 The sex, the purge, the vein, the look
 To replace the feelings that we have took
 These are our words that fill these mouths
 But all the letters of the alphabet could never spell it out
 These palms and frames that we tear through
 To cling to something that is bigger than the failed attempts at you
 Perfection
 It's perfection
 But never quite enough and never could disguise
 The drugs to make it stay
 The wanting in your eyes
 The money that you spent
 But you are still an accident
 We are more than words that fill our mouths
 Drink with eyes that tell us the answers that we need
 These are our words that fill these mouths
 But all the letters of the alphabet could never spell it out
 These palms and frames that we tear through
 To cling to something that is bigger than the failed attempts at you
 Wait, wait, wait
 I don't want to see
 Wait, wait, wait
 I am not the person anyone would want to be
 Waiting here 'til you leave