Katie Costello

With her head on her pillow and her pain tucked under the sheets Music playing softly without a steady beat The TV flickers flames of color; it ignites the room A black and white face, the colors escape, her heartache She ran away, so far away That t

I hate talking and I hate walking next to someone I don't know Someone I don't know I hate pretending to keep up this friend thing When I have enough friends and I'd rather be at home Things would be much easier And it would really save some time If

Verse 1: Tell me a story that consists of more Than once upon a time, the end, starring that same familiar friend Sing me a song that I can hum upstairs in bed, That can live in my mind, maybe for all time Refrain: I don't need a wallow face, I just

Writing a letter to you like you're a foreign pen pal Talking to you like I've never not known you Smiling at you with my heart nailed shut Time-induced-healing has not been enough I swear you'd always need me I swear you'd always see me As the same

Tiny raindrops salute gravity The pavement smells like the taste of blood I need to get out of here – even the trees are gilded Smiles ooze of depression with no creative perks I've overstayed my welcome in this life And it seems as though time won't

Album: Lamplight Released: February 22, 2011 Stranger I've known you for so long I found you lost with a compass in the fog Stranger you know me too much Illusionary-self had not be touched, until you Humming Hallelujah in the dark Whispered poems le

I want to make this concrete I want to make this firm I want to decide something But I'm scared of what I'll learn I don't know that I've been the best boss of myself I might as well get out of town or hire someone else How do we know when it's all g

When the tears begin to flow Or I stub my pinky toe I will somehow never be alone If I'm bitten by a dog Or kissed by a charming frog This will some way make it all okay And I've got something strange about me But somehow I know There's a song in my