Portrait Of Our Love

It started with me crying
As the tears stream down my face
I spoke of the resentment that time cannot erase

I've told you what I needed
for our love to survive
You did not heed my warnings
you under estimate my pride

When I am upset, you look into my eyes
and find a way to dismiss the hurt, and the pain I feel inside

As the new day begins- you forget our disarray
but as the sun streaks across my face
I dream of brighter days

All of our fights and arguments are put upon a shelf
A library of secrets
unclaimed by the author's stealth

Our life is picture-perfect
from the outside looking in
The world unknowing of the truth and of the loneliness within

Welcome all our friends
Greetings to our neighbor
Your conversation and your company is our greatest savior

They should have seen it coming
Did they see the signs
Or were they just like we were
Living life like we were blind

Our love was clearly over
from the very start
We should have walked away
before we grew apart

But now that we have nothing
it doesn't hurt so much
We live out of love and our lives are out of touch

Our love is cold and icy
we don't stand a chance in hell
but we stay together
as if we have a story to tell

Maybe we'll grow famous on teaching how we pretend
Falsifying love and being the best of friends

Practice makes us perfect
we put on quite a show
A fake love and romance
For our friends would never know

We are a fortune cookie love
a false message we are sending
We are picture perfect
with a made-up happy ending!