Playing Catch With .22 - I The Mighty

I’ve been thinking back to when we used to share a drink on midnight walks

When you’d pretend your winter breath was cigarette smoke in your lungs

I’d fight the urge to give you all the worst advice about the ones you liked

(You called it chemistry, I called it earning bragging rights)

Knowing damn well if I told you how I felt, I’d crack the ice

Roll the dice

You’re just a second away from being in love or alone

What you don’t know

Is that each second you waste is a breath you don’t take

It’s a moment you wasted

I’ve been thinking back to that night on your front step when I held you as you

wept

We sat awhile in silence, but I was screaming in my head

How to tell you, if I should

What to say, if I even could

And if that moment came, would it simply hang forever?

So I always try to live vicariously through my friends

(You call it chemistry, I call it perfect timing instead)

Watching all them fall in love, and wondering if I will again

You’re just a second away from being in love or alone

What you don’t know

Is that each second you waste is a breath you don’t take

It’s a moment you wasted

You’re playing catch with .22

For once it’s out you’ve got to choose

But if you choose to hold it in

Then where’s the chance to begin new love?

Who knows, maybe she’s the one

I bet there’s so many more than just the one

You’re just a second away from being in love or alone

What you don’t know

Is that each second you waste is a breath you don’t take

It’s a moment you wasted

Just falling asleep with you is enough to keep me hanging on

Whether or not we ever evolve

If all that we are is paint on a wall, waiting to peel off

Then poison the well and pour me a cup, drink up