your teeth were rattling harder than a robber s tommy gun the lighter you couldn t leave alone as you told of a boy that you d known ask if i get strange when you mention certain words i guess i ll just pretend i m much harder of a man than i actually am so i bought myself a wallet to hold the money i dont have called you on a sunday to try and make some plans hold you like a harness and ask if you were free to find out if you had been seeing anyone but me you always wear a scarf wrapped around your neck like diamonds and gold the softest wall i tore away was the one that kept you safe from the cold there s a way that this thing ends as clear to me as the words from my oldest friends man i can t commit for shit but damn can i act and pretend