Wrote this about a month ago for The Beginning is the End. One of the better ones we've come up with for it, I think.
-Jacob
Where Were You?
Where were you when I was watching my world fall apart?
Cracking, falling and crashing:
Life hanging by a heartstring
And yet alone I sat
Wondering what to make of it.
Where were you when I thought it was getting better?
Slipping, sliding, pulling myself up by my bootstraps:
Walking naïvely into their traps
With no one trying to stop me
And stumbling over everything.
Where were you when I was the wretched secret?
Hiding, crying and moaning
In the dark watching lightning;
Close but alone I lay,
Knowing I’d be alone in the end
Where were you when I was wrapped around your finger?
Your radioactive smile, that face
Telling me I had a home, a place
Where I could belong with you,
But it was just your sweet poison
Where were you when I was left alone?
Shame, hate and bitterness
Gripping and making a mess
Of all that I was
When I was myself
Where were you when I was facing my lose, lose situation?
No way out, only doubt
Your truth and lies all about
Prancing, stomping on my heart
Leaving me nowhere to turn.
Where were you when I thought I had it all?
When everything felt right,
When I soared on the highest height,
When I thought I was happy
And my life felt full?
Where are you now that I’ve lost it all?
