you are the heaviest burden i know how to bear
and i don't want to do it anymore
i'm tired of it all

I'm making you disappear
from the pages of my heart 
ripping them out,
one by one.

soon you'll be gone completely
and i'll finally be able to see again
clearly,
like i did before
see you for what you really are -
someone I could never love.

I can smile again.
I'm seeing all these other possibilities
ones that used to stay in the background
and now it doesn't hurt quite so much
now it doesn't hurt quite so bad

i've gotta leave for a while
so these wounds keep closing
staying around here is bad for my health

maybe someday
things will be okay
when I don't see you with love
and I don't see you with hate
someone who doesn't matter,
but could be a friend

i need some time to breathe

so let me inhale.