Red Painted Rose Lips

We all want a piece of the action

We want the excitement and adventurous passion

When my soul is feeling low

I find myself looking for something 

I think is beyond what is already here

A perspective maybe

A clear state of mind

Blind

I think

So far behind

Acceptance I desire

Messing around in the same familiar fire 

Opening myself up too soon

Always the biggest mistake 

Letting in masked wolves 

To roam with other sheep in my gate

Realizing when it's too late

I'm too smart to be dumb

Act ignorant about it all

I'm the only one to blame 

When it comes to this fall

Why do I settle for less

Than the best

When the real good stuff comes

Not feelin the chemistry

So I fight and I yearn

Create pictures and visions

Of things never earned 

Allowing the depths of my heart to be opened

By thieves of the night

Requesting to love me 

Leaving me more distressed and burdened than before

Stress and anger are my enemy 

I'd do anything

To never let it get the best of me

Your red painted rose lips made what was wrong seem right

I listened with my ears and my logic took flight

I let the words make sense for your actions 

Took the blame for your insecurities

What you were lacking

I reflected myself and my spiritual health

Into a blacked out mirror

Not looking at myself

Wondering how it wasn't clearer

I saw in you only what I could see in me

You did just the same

So who's to blame

That's a stupid game

The word love came out

Of both our mouths

I don't think we knew 

What we were sayin

We cannot erase the past 

So now rewriting our response to it

It's the only thing with much logic