letters to strangers four

Hey you

Yeah you

Looking for all the world like you own them all

But I know better

Or, at least, I used to

You and me, babycakes, we could have shown them

Wiped the rain-spattered streets with their sorry excuses for dreams

There’s no use wasting time on easy things.

We could have shown the world what we could do

You and me, babycakes,

Me and you

For once, we would be what’s right in the world

No longer the silly little outcasts

We could have changed the world

Written out the hopes we never dared to have

Painted the sky in the colors of dreams

But then the sad truth sank in

The world didn’t want us

And we didn’t really want us either.

letters to strangers three

hey there darling, you think you can hide? I don't know you but I know you well.

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Hey you

Yeah you

The one dancing out of sync

Just one beat off the music

Three steps ahead makes you look one step behind

Out of sync with reality

Phasing in and out like the strobes you so adore

Never quite living up to what the world wants you to be

Simply because you’re doing all that and more

You don’t belong here

You’re a rebel

You’re a star

You’re a fighter

You’re a lover

This world isn’t good enough for you

But no one seems to realize what they would miss out on

But that’s okay, you say.

It’s all okay.

We’re all okay.

(We’re not okay.)

letters to strangers (two)

this one goes out to you, diamond in a sea of rhinestone sparkles.

Hey you

Yeah you

Watching your days pass by in vain

Always looking for the easy way out

But never quite wanting what you find

When will you learn that you can’t hide behind those mirrored eyes you seem to adore?

Despite your façade

your visage

your lovely masquerade ball of a mind

Sometimes it takes time to see past your glitter-dusted masks

But that’s okay, you know,

Because we have all the time in the world.

letters to strangers (one)

Dedicated to the girl in the reindeer shirt.

Hey you

Yeah you

Staring down the sunset like it insulted you personally

What are you trying to prove?

All wasted on these star-dusted dreams

You said this would be your ticket out of here

But do you really want to leave?

Always expecting more than you’ll ever be able to have

But never letting yourself slow down to think of what having it would be like

Judging and being judged, but that’s just life,

Moving on and never taking it personal,

Never bothering to look back,

Living large and breaking hearts,

Isn’t that the way it should be?

Isn’t that the way you should be?