John Ralston

When you say medicine, I take your pseudonym I know your accidents, you made them happen Open flower, your darkest hour Okinawa, your pain is power Yesterday I was irrelevant Now you're not sure if I'm so innocent Block it out like clouds and the sun

I've got a better idea You can take my car I've got no use for it now And it won't get you very far If it starts breaking down Leave it where it lies Let it collect orange stickers and fines They've got no way to know it's mine They've got no way to

Waste of breath Falling stars no one will see He's diagnosed I tried too hard to catch What she was giving me Guilty as the burdens made me Clothes all over in her room Dull and never will be good enough for you She can dance I'm all wood and leather

I want to trace your scars with my fingertips Want to follow it's fracturing line I think you should know How beautiful and brave you already are So sick of Secondhand Lovers carving names on my chest If I lean in too close, it's to kiss or confess P

No I never got along with life. And I never had the stomach for a suicide. But I've got subtle ways to shorten my days. Do whatever it takes to get me by. No one said that this was easy. No one handed you a free pass for the ride. No said that this w

Baby there will come a day when our lives are over I know those movies make you sad But you've got my shoulder You don't believe in heaven, babe? Well then I don't either But maybe there will come a world Where we'll find each other If I leave before

I can't count and I can't think straight I lost you this afternoon Now it's raining so I think I'll sleep in late I can't think of anything to do And I could say that I'm not afraid but you’ll find out anyway Little bits of cloud, go on and bite yo

Now the windows are black And the lock's on the door And my copied key I can't use anymore Strangers walk through your room They're all looking to score They don't ask any questions About who lived here before Where you used to sleep Where you used t

It's alright You tried Let's just pretend the cameras lied And you were always there And I was never scared And I haven't missed you all my life Pulled up bedsheets above my head It made me believe that you were always there And I was never scared An