TENDER HEART.

      salvation    comes    from    faith.    what    you    do,    &    what    you    say.      you    haven’t   done    anything,    yet.          #salviton.

‘  a lady never gets drunk.  ’

‘  and yes, i do love you. no matter what. i have always loved you. no matter what.  ’

‘  are you still getting married?  ’

‘  as long as she’s alive, well, she’s your flaw. your achilles heel. which makes her my weapon.  ’

‘  buying into the delusion that there’s any way to live together, to get through an entire life together, that’s… well, that’s the fantasy. that’s pretending.  ’

‘  call my bluff. i dare you.  ’

‘  come back to me. forgive me. i love you.  ’

‘  do not tell me what i have to do. you don’t get to do that anymore.  ’

‘  do you not understand that when the monster gets hungry, he will turn around and eat you?  ’

‘  do you want me to get married?  ’

‘  do you want me to thank you? thank you for saving me from my sad little suicide attempt?  ’

‘  does it bother you at all? all the lies and pretending? and that’s not an accusation cause i do it too and i do it well.  ’

‘  don’t insult me by lying to my face.  ’

‘  don’t patronize me like i’m some hysterical teenage girl at the beginning of my cycle.  ’

‘  for a screw up, you’re actually very bright.  ’

‘  frankly, it’s embarrassing that you still haven’t realized, after all this time, that if we were together – actually together – i would tear right through you.  ’

‘  girls like to be kissed first, right? romance them a little before you dive right into their pants?  ’

‘  go screw yourself. and when you’re done with that, you can go straight to hell and screw yourself there.  ’

‘  he has a weakness. if i exploit it, maybe i can get information out of him.  ’

‘  he is who i choose. he is who i will always choose. you are just a lesser version of him, a sad reminder of who i truly deserve.  ’

‘  how does someone as brilliant, as accomplished as you, not know what you are, who you are?  ’

‘  i am better than you.  ’

‘  i am not some man acting out of rage and then thinking later. i am a woman.  ’

‘  i am not some toy you can play with when you’re bored or lonely or horny. i am not the girl the guy gets at the end of the movie. i am not a fantasy. if you want me, earn me. until then, we are done.  ’

‘  i am sick of smiling. i am sick of acting like we’re happy.  ’

‘  i am spectacular, but i can’t compete with religious fervor.  ’

‘  i am tired of doing everything myself! i am alone here!  ’

‘  i asked you to save me… and you said no.  ’

‘  i can’t be with you. it’s not that i can’t – i don’t want to.  ’

‘  i can’t breathe without you. i can’t sleep without you.  ’

‘  i can’t do this… be with you. i can’t be with you. i’m sorry.  ’

‘  i could tell you five minutes from now that i want to be with you, that i want to save you… you would crawl back to me and forgive me every single time.  ’

‘  i don’t want to marry her. i want to be with you. do you want to be with me?  ’

‘  i don’t want us to fight anymore. if you don’t hurt me, i won’t hurt you.  ’

‘  i exist for you.  ’

‘  i got here because i managed to escape you.  ’

‘  i have never left your side. you left mine, but i never left yours.  ’

‘  i have spent all this time feeling guilty, feeling like a monster, feeling like i broke us! but it was you!  ’

‘  i haven’t had this much fun spending the night with a woman in… hell… ever.  ’

‘  i just got you back  ’

‘  i lie in bed every night and i play our relationship over and over again in my head like a movie. we meet. we fall in love. we can’t stop ourselves. we’re meant to be. i give up everything inside of me and then it stops. the movie just stops. i don’t know how it ends.  ’

‘  i love you. i’m in love with you. you are the love of my life.  ’

‘  i love you. i’m in love with you. you are the love of my life. my every feeling is controlled by the look on your face. i can’t breathe without you, i can’t sleep without you. i wait for you, i watch for you. i exist for you.  ’

‘  i may not be able to control my erections around you, but that does not mean i want you.  ’

‘  i think you believe that i will never choose you.  ’

‘  i thought, hey! let’s get some estrogen in here and see what happens!  ’

‘  i wait for you, i watch for you.  ’

‘  i want us to stand in the sun together.  ’

‘  i wasn’t thinking about you. i don’t think about you.  ’

‘  i will open up our closet and i will pull out our dirty laundry to the world. i am that tired.  ’

‘  i will slit his throat. if he learns that i’m the one who made you break his heart, that too will force me to slit his throat.  ’

‘  i wish we’d never met, but we did. and i tried… i tried and failed. and tried and failed again to hide – to stop loving him. but i couldn’t. i was weak. i hated myself.  ’

‘  i would never try to kill you.  ’

‘  if i only went where i was welcomed, i would never leave the house.  ’

‘  if you knew the sacrifices i have made, the things i have given up, and the pieces of myself that i have given away for you… and you treat me this way? you declare war on me and you shame me and you make me beg for scraps when i have done nothing but fight for you.  ’

‘  if you want me, earn me!  ’

‘  it hurts until it doesn’t. you think it’s going to break you, but it won’t. you may not sleep as well at night, but you will be fine. numb, but numb and fine are the same.  ’

‘  it’s a gesture. it means i’m sorry. people get coffee when they’re sorry… i can get you tea instead.  ’

‘  it’s because you found your precious (name here) doesn’t have the secrets of the universe tucked between her magical thighs – that she’s just a person like everyone else and that she’s capable of using you like everyone else.  ’

‘  it’s my turn! he suffers. he hurts. he burns. i’m tired of carrying the cross. let him pick it up now.  ’

‘  it’s you and me.  ’

‘  it’s you. you’re difficult.  ’

‘  i’d lose… our little war. i’d lose.  ’

‘  i’m damaged. she doesn’t like to yell at me.  ’

‘  i’m done. i told you we’re done. we’re over.  ’

‘  i’m just a twisted sociopath who gets what she wants no matter who gets bulldozed along the way.  ’

‘  i’m playing the game and i’m playing it better than anyone.  ’

‘  i’ve gone from being his bitch to being yours.  ’

‘  leave me be. leave me be!  ’

‘  let’s not pretend we’re something we’re not.  ’

‘  life is unfortunate. random. coincidental. bad things happen to good people all the time.  ’

‘  marriage can wreak havoc on a person.  ’

‘  mediocrity is not an option for me. i don’t want that and neither should you.  ’

‘  monsters eat people. it’s what we do.  ’

‘  my every feeling is controlled by the look on your face.  ’

‘  oh, look. it’s the girl who can’t shut her legs or her mouth.  ’

‘  one, i am not a hen. two, i am not a prize at a state fair. you cannot win me!  ’

‘  please stop. please stop getting my hopes up.  ’

‘  pretending is what’s real. every married couple alive pretends.  ’

‘  put another glass of scotch on top of it and just deal with it.  ’

‘  screw as many whores as you want. i wouldn’t expect anything less.  ’

‘  she’s not my mistress anymore, so buck up. you won.  ’

‘  she’s perfect, but she’s not you.  ’

‘  she’s perfect. but she’s not you.  ’

‘  so cheers, baby. drink up. i live to fight another day.  ’

‘  so, you can cheat and i can’t? is that it? well, that is one hell of a double standard.  ’

‘  stock your damn fridge. if i’m going to be your fake boyfriend all day, i’m going to come home at the end of it and drink real beer and eat real food.  ’

‘  the only difference is that i’m in love with you. some people would call that a defect.  ’

‘  the plan is to find him, and when i do, i’m going to look him in the eye and put a bullet in his head.  ’

‘  the truth of the matter is that i will never love anyone as much as i love you.  ’

‘  the truth of the matter is that i will never love anyone as much as i love you. you have never chosen me. we’ve done horrible things to one another, but for some reason, i still end up here in front of you… looking at you. wanting you. in love with you.  ’

‘  there is a famine in my lady bits. my vagina is beautiful, she is welcoming, but she is being treated like a murder house. i can’t get anything in there.  ’

‘  there’s no gratitude in parenting. i don’t know why we do it.  ’

‘  this is amazing. she has actually managed to go from being a slut, to being an every-woman, to being your sister-wife in under 48 hours. i didn’t even know that was possible.  ’

‘  time’s up! we’re coming for you!  ’

‘  we should’ve locked ourselves in a room together and gotten drunk years ago.  ’

‘  well, guess what? you’re alone! the path that you walk is not my path. the shoes that you stand in are not my shoes. we are not equals, nor will we ever be. you are alone.  ’

‘  we’re in this together, okay? we have to be in this together because i don’t have anybody else. i don’t. you’re all i have.  ’

‘  we’re not ever going to be over. i am never going to be over you.  ’

‘  we’ve done horrible things to one another, but for some reason, i still end up here in front of you… looking at you. wanting you. in love with you.  ’

‘  what does it feel like to be so hot for someone, to be so turned on by them that you would put everything you ever worked for at risk? does it feel good? is it an amazing high?  ’

‘  what, did you think you’d find me drunk and playing russian roulette?  ’

‘  what’d you call me? ornamental? not functional? i am a rose dying on a vine here.  ’

‘  what’s wrong? what’s wrong? what is wrong? this is my life! that’s what’s wrong!  ’

‘  when i was faced with the chance to cheat, i kept my knees together and said no.  ’

‘  when you walk in here, you make me hope.  ’

‘  you always did know just the right way to hurt me.  ’

‘  you are a measly little troll and i don’t like you, and i do not respect you, and i think you’re pathetic.  ’

‘  you are the biggest bitch i know. don’t tell me you can’t do this.  ’

‘  you are the one i like to ride, but no one will ever ride you like i do.  ’

‘  you declare war on me and you shame me and you make me beg for scraps when i have done nothing but fight for you.  ’

‘  you do not summon me!  ’

‘  you don’t have to love me, but we are in this hell together and the flames are burning both of us with equal intensity, baby, so the least you could do is be my friend.  ’

‘  you have never chosen me.  ’

‘  you have no idea how my world works.  ’

‘  you love me. you love me!  ’

‘  you missed out on your happy ending today.  ’

‘  you own me! you control me! i belong to you!  ’

‘  you put your tongue in my mouth and now i deserve to live? that’s a thing? that’s how it goes?  ’

‘  you ruined me. i’m ruined!  ’

‘  you should know – i hope you know – i did my best for you. i take tremendous pride in who you have become.  ’

‘  you should never apologize for being you.  ’

‘  you should’ve never given me someone to love. monsters eat people. it’s what we do.  ’

‘  you took in a wild monster and you groomed me and petted me and trained me to sit at your feet, but that doesn’t mean i’m a puppy. that just makes me a very loyal monster. so i don’t go too far. i went exactly as far as my leash allows and yo hold the leash. you went too far.  ’

‘  you were never an option for me.  ’

‘  you! you ruined our relationship! you shut me down. you locked the door. you killed us.  ’

‘  you’re an escape, someone to toy with. you’re a yo-yo, a booty call, a side piece.  ’

‘  you’re complimenting me. is this some new, genuine way of putting the screws to me?  ’

‘  you’re not good enough for me.  ’

‘  you’re not ready. and you never will be.  ’

‘  you’re not you anymore. you know who you are? you know who you’ve become? you’re your father.  ’

‘  you’re one creepy bastard, you know that?  ’

‘  you’re ornamental. not functional. so don’t come in here and try to use your brain because no one cares.  ’

‘  you’re scared of what we have. of something real.  ’

‘  you’re the only one who has always been honest with who you are.  ’

‘  you’re weak. you need me too much – need me to tell you what to do and how to feel. you were never an option for me.  ’

‘  you’re wrong. i’m not scared. i may be horrible because i’m abandoning you, because i always abandon you, but i’m not scared. not the least bit.  ’

‘  don’t  you  know  i’m  no  good  for  you ?  ’

‘  nothing  ever  stops  you  leaving .  ’

‘  i  could  lie ,  say  i  like  it  like  that .  ’

‘  don’t  you  know  too  much  already ?  ’

‘  i’ll  only  hurt  you  if  you  let  me .  ’

‘  call  me  friend ,  but  keep  me  closer .  ’

‘  nothing  is  better  sometimes .  ’

‘  let  me  let  you  go .  ’

‘  i  just  wish  you  could  feel  what  you  say .  ’

‘  i  know  you  too  well .  ’

‘  if  ‘ i  love  you ’  was  a  promise ,  would  you  break  it  if  you’re  honest ?  ’

‘  i  don’t  wanna  be  you  anymore .  ’

‘  losing  feeling  is  getting  old .  ’

‘  only  you  know  the  way  that  i  break .  ’

‘  if  we  were  meant  to  be ,  we  would’ve  been  by  now .  ’

‘  all  i  see  is  him  right  now .  ’

‘  go  ahead  and  watch  my  heart  burn  with  the  fire  that  you  started  in  me ,  but  i’ll  never  let  you  back  to  put  it  out .  ’

‘  your  love  feels  so  fake .  ’

‘  if  i  could  get  to  sleep ,  i  would  have  slept  by  now .  ’

‘  when  you  call  my  name ,  do  you  think  i’ll  come  running ?  ’

‘  so  good  at  giving  me  nothing .  ’

‘  when  you  close  your  eyes ,  do  you  picture  me ?  ’

‘  you  should  see  me  in  a  crown .  ’

‘  your  silence  is  my  favorite  sound .  ’

‘  i  like  the  way  they  all  scream .  ’

‘  i  think  you’re  pretty .  ’

‘  i’m  not  your  baby .  ’

‘  where’s  my  mind ?  ’

‘  what  an  expensive  fate .  ’

‘  my  v  is  for  vendetta .  ’

‘  thought  that  i’d  feel  better ,  but  now  i  got  a  bellyache .  ’

‘  i  wear  my  noose  like  a  necklace .  ’

‘  i  wanna  make  ‘em  scared .  ’

‘  don’t  be  cautious ,  don’t  be  kind .  ’

‘  i  don’t  belong  to  anyone .  ’

‘  by  the  way ,  you’ve  been  uninvited .  ’

‘  why  so  sad ,  bunny ?  ’

‘  call  me  calloused ,  call  me  cold .  ’

‘  you  better  love  me .  ’

‘  i  would  hate  to  see  you  go .  ’

‘  i  hate  to  be  the  one  that  told  you  so .  ’

‘  you  just  crossed  the  line ,  you’ve  run  out  of  time .  ’

‘  sorry ,  sorry ,  i’m  sorry ,  sorry …  sike .  ’

‘  wake  up  and  smell  the  coffee .  ’

‘  is  your  cup  half  full  or  empty ?  ’

‘  i  love  it  when  you’re  awfully  quiet .  ’

‘  you  don’t  have  to  keep  it  quiet .  ’

‘  i  know  it  makes  you  nervous ,  but  i  promise  you  it’s  worth  it .  ’

‘  i  promise  you  it’s  worth  it  to  show  ‘em  everything  you  kept  inside .  ’

SUCKER .

‘  we  go  together  better  than  birds  of  a  feather ,  you  and  me .  ’

‘  i’m  feelin’  heat  in  december  when  you’re  around  me .  ’

‘  i  follow  you  throw  the  dark .  ’

‘  i  can’t  get  enough .  ’

‘  i’m  a  sucker  for  you .  ’

‘  you  say  the  word  and  i’ll  go  anywhere  blindly .  ’

‘  i  know  you  and  you  know  everything  about  me .  ’

‘  you’re  making  the  typical  me  break  my  typical  rules .  ’

COOL .

‘  dammit ,  i’m  feeling  so  cool .  ’

‘  i’m  feeling  high  like  a  late  night  summer  of  last  year .  ’

‘  standing  there  with  a  red  dress  on  ya ,  a  killer  queen .  ’

‘  is  it  me  or  am  i  just  having  a  good  year ?  ’

‘  lately  i’ve  been  feelin’  so  cool .  ’

‘  now  that  we’ve  made  it ,  how  complicated  was  last  year ?  ’

‘  when  i  grow  up ,  i  wanna  be  just  like  me .  ’

ONLY  HUMAN .

‘  i  don’t  want  this  night  to  end .  ’

‘  it’s  closing  time ,  so  leave  with  me  again .  ’

‘  let’s  find  a  place  where  happiness  begins .  ’

‘  hurts  when  i’m  leaving  you .  ’

‘  it’s  only  human ,  you  know  that  it’s  real .  ’

‘  why  would  you  fight  or  try  to  deny  the  way  that  you  feel ?  ’

‘  only  getting  up  to  close  the  blinds .  ’

‘  leaving  now  just  don’t  feel  right .  ’

‘  let’s  do  it  one  more  time .  ’

I  BELIEVE .

‘  i’m  here  to  stay  through  the  good  and  the  bad  times .  ’

‘  you  send  me  to  space .  ’

‘  you’re  mine .  ’

‘  you  show  me  something  i  can’t  live  without .  ’

‘  when  you  hold  me ,  it’s  like  heaven  coming  down .  ’

‘  now  that  i  got  you  close ,  i’m  alright .  ’

‘  i’m  glad  that  you  found  me .  ’

‘  doesn’t  matter  anymore  now  i  got  you  here  with  me .  ’

‘  nothing  matters  any  longer  now  i  got  you  here  with  me .  ’

USED  TO  BE .

‘  you  used  to  be  the  one  i  love .  ’

‘  i’m  the  only  one  you  know  that’ll  listen .  ’

‘  lately  i  don’t  even  know  you .  ’

‘  oh  my  god .  baby ,  if  it’s  what  you  want …  ’

‘  i  just  wanna  see  you  happy .  ’

‘  i  don’t  lie  even  though  you’re  not  mine .  ’

‘  we  had  love ,  now  it  don’t  matter .  ’

‘  you  just  thought  you  could  do  better ,  so  do  better .  ’

‘  so  tired  of  chasing  all  your  demons .  ’

‘  little  late  if  you  ask  me ,  but  you  know  i’ll  come  around  if  you  ask  me .  ’

EVERY  SINGLE  TIME .

‘  call  me  up  and  say  you’re  needin’  my  love .  ’

‘  now  you’re  leaving  like  you  never  even  needed  my  love .  ’

‘  so  much  you  left  between  us ,  but  you  don’t  ever  think  about  us .  ’

‘  why  do  i  want  you  even  though  you  make  it  hard  and  i  don’t  want  to ?  ’

‘  now  i’m  out  here  catching  feelings  like  i  want  you ,  but  all  you  ever  do  is  look  away .  ’

‘  every  single  time  i  keep  on  coming  back  to  you .  ’

‘  you’re  always  on  my  mind ,  doesn’t  matter  what  i  do .  ’

‘  if  loving  you’s  a  crime  then  i  won’t  keep  my  love  locked  down  for  you .  ’

‘  there’s  too  much  water  under  this  bridge  to  go  down  like  this .  ’

‘  i  never  thought  that  we’d  come  this  far  to  fuck  it  all  up  and  end  like  this .  ’

DON’T  THROW  IT  AWAY .

‘  see  if  it  helps ,  give  it  a  week .  ’

‘  i  bet  no  one  gets  you  like  me .  ’

‘  i  know  you  think  you’re  better  off  without  me  now .  ’

‘  we  can  work  this  out .  ’

‘  don’t  throw  it  away  this  time ,  just  take  a  little  time  to  think .  ’

‘  don’t  throw  it  away ,  it’s  fine .  ’

‘  it’s  fine ,  just  don’t  forget  to  think  of  me .  ’

‘  just  don’t  forget  to  think  of  me .  ’

‘  your  mind  is  messin’  with  your  head  again .  ’

‘  instead  of  walking  away  we  should  give  it  a  break  till  we  love  the  same .  ’

‘  don’t  save  the  words  till  it’s  too  late .  ’

‘  i  know  it  hurts  and  that’s  okay .  ’

‘  if  it’s  too  much  to  open  up  then  give  it  time .  ’

‘  let’s  sleep  on  it  tonight .  ’

LOVE  HER .

‘  drive  me  crazy ,  make  me  mental ,  no  other  buttons  you  can  push .  ’

‘  one  second  you’re  miss  sentimental  then  you’re  afraid  you’ve  said  too  much .  ’

‘  opposites  attract  and  we’re  living  proof  of  this ,  but  i  keep  on  coming  back .  ’

‘  no  matter  the  fight  i  know  you’re  always  right .  ’

‘  they  say  love  can  hurt ,  but  seeing  you  smile  can  get  me  every  time .  ’

‘  i  put  my  selfish  ways  in  boxes  and  shipped  ‘em  back  to  where  they  came .  ’

‘  we  will  never  let  it  get  close  to  being  toxic .  ’

‘  i  promise  i’ll  never  walk  away .  ’

‘  gotta  learn  to  let  the  small  things  go  and  know  it’s  always  far  from  perfect .  ’

‘  i  know  that  we  can  get  emotional ,  but  the  hardest  parts  are  always  worth  it .  ’

HAPPY  WHEN  I’M  SAD .

‘  crying  over  old  loves  even  though  they’re  over .  ’

‘  they  think  i’m  happy .  ’

‘  they  think  i’m  happy  when  i’m  sad .  ’

‘  can’t  look  how  we  made  it .  ’

‘  looking  like  i’ll  never  be  lonely  again .  ’

‘  i  see  me  in  the  mirror ,  nothing  ever  changes .  ’

‘  never  gonna  stop ,  never  gonna  calm  down .  ’

‘  i  put  on  a  smile ,  don’t  need  a  face  lift .  why  can’t  i  when  everybody  fakes  it ?  ’

‘  they  think  i’m  happy  like  they  know  exactly  how  i  feel .  ’

TRUST .

‘  i  don’t  trust  myself  when  i’m  around  you .  ’

‘  lately ,  i  don’t  think  i  even  know  me .  ’

‘  every  time  you  come  around ,  i’m  like  the  old  me .  ’

‘  take  me  back  to  when  you  were  my  only .  ’

‘  we  were  thicker  than  thieves ,  like  a  pod ,  two  peas .  ’

‘  all  at  once ,  it’s  like  i’m  being  someone  else .  ’

‘  you’re  all  i  want  but  i  know  you’re  bad  for  my  health .  ’

‘  i  know  that  i’m  better  off  without  you  but  i  know  that  i  could  never  live  without  you .  ’

‘  thinking  about  my  lips  upon  your  mouth  got  me  weak .  ’

STRANGERS .

‘  i  came  here  looking  for  another  excuse .  ’

‘  every  step  back  pulls  me  right  back  to  you .  ’

‘  what  we  feel  started  way  before  we  ever  touched .  ’

‘  you  found  me  right  before  i’d  given  up .  ’

‘  it’s  no  surprise  we  ain’t  strangers .  ’

‘  must  be  from  a  different  life .  ’

‘  you  got  a  heart  that  i  know  i  can  miss .  ’

‘  hold  me  like  that  and  pull  me  right  back  again .  ’

HESITATE .

‘  i’ll  kiss  the  tears  right  off  your  face .  ’

‘  i  won’t  get  scared .  that’s  the  old  me .  ’

‘  time  only  heals  if  we  work  through  it  now .  ’

‘  i  promise  we’ll  figure  this  out .  ’

‘  i  will  take  your  pain  and  put  it  on  my  heart .  ’

‘  i won’t  hesitate ,  just  tell  me  where  to  start .  ’

‘  you  saved  me  once  and  now  i’ll  save  you  too .  ’

‘  i  won’t  hesitate  for  you .  ’

‘  don’t  you  ever  say  goodbye .  ’

‘  if  i  could  only  read  your  mind  then  i  could  map  out  all  the  ways  to  make  it  right .  ’

‘  pull  me  close  and  i’ll  hold  you  tight .  ’

‘  don’t  be  scared  ‘cause  i’m  on  your  side .  ’

‘  know  there’s  nothing  i  wouldn’t  do  for  you .  ’

ROLLERCOASTER .

‘  we  weren’t  just  a  phase .  ’

‘  we  weren’t  just  pretend .  ’

‘  i  remember  low  lows  and  high  highs .  ’

‘  it  was  fun  when  we  were  young  and  now  we’re  older .  ’

‘  we  were  up  and  down  and  barely  made  it  over ,  but  i’d  go  back  and  ride  that  rollercoaster .  ’

‘  those  days  that  are  the  worst ,  they  seem  to  glow  now .  ’

‘  faith  led  me  to  the  clouds .  ’

‘  now  everything  has  changed ,  we  found  better  days .  ’

COMEBACK .

‘  come  back  to  me ,  i’ll  come  back  to  you .  ’

‘  you  know  the  place  that  i  go  running  to .  ’

‘  i  get  scared  when  you’re  scared ,  but  what  else  can  i  do ?  ’

‘  wherever  you  are  right  now ,  know  somehow  i’ll  be  on  the  way  like  a  bat  out  of  hell .  ’

‘  if  you  stay  then  i  won’t  let  you  down .  ’