If I ever take the yee-<\/p>\n
I mean leap<\/p>\n
Then you won\u2019t see it comin<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll turn my world around<\/p>\n
I mean upside down<\/p>\n
That is to say the ground<\/p>\n
Will be on top of me<\/p>\n
Instead of underneath my feet<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
But that\u2019s only if I ever get<\/p>\n
The strength to take the lea- yeet<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I\u2019m sorry in advance<\/p>\n
For the shock that it\u2019ll be<\/p>\n
There\u2019ll be no 9-1-1 call<\/p>\n
No ambulance parked in the street<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll find the tallest bridge in Tennessee<\/p>\n
Make sure I don\u2019t survive<\/p>\n
This will not be a cry for help<\/p>\n
It\u2019ll be so I can die<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t write you a letter<\/p>\n
I\u2019m sorry, I just can\u2019t<\/p>\n
Writing it would take a depth of<\/p>\n
Courage I don\u2019t have<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And I should know, I\u2019ve tried<\/p>\n
At least a dozen times<\/p>\n
\u201cHey bestie, please don\u2019t hate me.<\/p>\n
I couldn\u2019t live this lie.\u201d<\/p>\n
Once I even got to almost 50 lines<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The problem is, I\u2019ve been Dear Jane-d<\/p>\n
That is to say, I know the pain<\/p>\n
Reading in a letter<\/p>\n
That you won\u2019t see them again<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And at the time, I wished them dead<\/p>\n
Ironic, now, I can\u2019t deny<\/p>\n
But I\u2019d have thought much differently<\/p>\n
If ever they had actually died<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t Dear Bestie one more time<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
You can\u2019t learn in a letter<\/p>\n
So I told you to your face<\/p>\n
You said it wasn\u2019t news to you<\/p>\n
You\u2019ve always known that was the case<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And then you said it\u2019d shatter you<\/p>\n
Your heart hit with a bomb<\/p>\n
And then you said I\u2019d go to hell<\/p>\n
Guess we believe in different gods<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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