#meem.

and that’s your biggest worry?

the whole world becomes sick all at once.

i presume the prospect of a viral pandemic keeps you up at night as well.

well, now there is reason to evolve.

i was gonna’ make you birthday pancakes.

you know i don’t really like pancakes.

you’re still alive, you old fucker.

he’s dependent on me. not the same.

i’m not splittin’ this job.

i barely wanna split it with you.

we could work a double.

i’ll bring back a cake.

shit. hope for us yet.

can’t tell you how exciting it was listenin’ to that fuckin’ conversation.

i swear you will use this later in life.

hey, is everything okay? like, on the news?

there was just a lot of police and stuff on the road today.

people out there need to get right with jesus.

i was thinkin’ we’d make some cookies.

you wanna’ give me a hand?

you locked the door for once. good job.

that doesn’t mean anything to you, i’m sorry.

i’ll get us one tomorrow. 

you got me a present?

where’d you get the money for this?

i sell hardcore drugs.

it’s better than what i do.

i could’ve stolen 60, but i put the change back because i’m an honest thief.

besides, it’s the thought that counts.

you were never gonna do it for yourself, so.

but i’m in jail. 

wasn’t my fault this time!

look, it doesn’t fuckin’ matter.

it’s a fuckin’ madhouse, [name].

get in the truck! right now!

we’re gonna’ be brave, and we’re gonna’ get outta this.

[name], you get back inside the house!

they’re saying it’s a virus— some kind of parasite.

minute ago, newsman wouldn’t shut up.

how do you know we’re not sick?

they’re saying it’s mostly people in the city.

somebody else’ll come along.

fuck! everybody had the same fuckin’ idea.

i can’t get through this.

son of a bitch, gotta’ go around. grab somethin’!

i can’t drive through ‘em all.

there’s nowhere to fuckin’ go!

easy now. we’re not sick!

we’re gonna get you somewhere safe first. 

i gotta’ get you up.

there’s gonna be a little tickle right here. 

or i could just shoot you. 

yeah, but then what would you do?

i just know they’re real.

pills and bullets, bullets and pill.

well, the more you shoot people, the harder it is to sleep, i guess.

i need the bag back.

hey, do yourself a favor... stay off the streets for the next few nights.

fuckin’ fireflies been blowin’ shit up all week.

two of our guys got shot this morning. 

it’s easy to make a mistake in the dark. 

what do you want me to say, [name]?

it’s not like i planned on... rippin’ you off.

how about we just let it go?

what else are you gonna’ do?

you gonna’ keep me here? kill me?

i want you to forget this ever happened.

i paid you for it, you sold it to someone else, and you spent my money. 

i mean, you think i’ve never done shit like that?

my guys fucked you up.

you cut off a finger or whatever the fuck you want— i don’t care.

they’re your fuckin’ guys. 

i give you my word that he won’t hurt you.

they’re shooting. they’re shooting at us. 

one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, fuck... you. 

hey, people are gonna come looking for me!

let me out or you’re gonna pay, motherfuckers!

i’m not supposed to be here!

is there any chance it’s comin’ in at night?

it’s never taken him more than a day to respond.

you’re a capable guy, but there are worse things than infected out there.

i got jumped by a couple guys. 

you know these guys were born after the outbreak. never learned how to argue, they just start swingin’. 

it’s a miracle you’re alive. 

it’s a miracle any of us are alive. 

nothing’s lost. shit like this is gonna’ happen. 

now we just shake it off, and we go get our cards back, or the battery. 

okay, fuck it, we get our money back and the battery. 

but i would very much like for you to hurt him. 

let’s go hunt that motherfucker down. 

my answer is to follow fuckin’ orders.

why do you have some random girl locked in a room?

we are in a war against a military dictatorship to restore democracy and freedom.

are we winning?

you tell me to look for the light and i’ll break your jaw.

how about we start with thank you?

i am the one who told ‘em not to shoot you, if you recall.

you that anxious to be a soldier?

you think i chose that place?

they put me there when i was a baby. it’s for orphans. 

you my fucking mom or something?

do i look like your mom?

why won’t you let me go home?

you have a greater purpose than any of us could’ve ever imagined.

what i’m going to tell you cannot be repeated to anyone. because if you do, i assure you, you will die. 

take it he wasn’t down here last time?

you think he came down after he was infected?

it’s like they reframed the whole structure. 

what the fuck? someone put a piano in front of this?

war must be goin’ pretty shitty for you to be buying from scumbags like him. 

he obviously didn’t take fuck off for an answer. 

i need it for a better reason than you do. 

you’re the cause of it. you turned my own brother against me. 

we won’t make it anywhere like this. not for a while anyway. 

oh, you don’t have time?

i know what you’re capable of— for better or worse. 

my team will not jeopardize that. 

remember what i told you?

the radio’s a smuggling code, right?

i’ve never been on the other side of the wall.

so, what’s the deal with you anyway?

you some kinda bigwig’s daughter or somethin’?

holy shit, i’m actually outside.

you stay close and you follow my lead. 

okay, let’s talk this out. 

yep. we’re doin’ this by the book.

you would’ve killed me!

i should fucking kill you!

it doesn’t matter! you have to trust me!

“baby, come here.”

“i get so lonely at night.”

“why can’t you tell that i’m desperate?”

“why can’t you tell that i’m bad for you?”

“i wish i was you.”

“so, why can’t you tell me what you think i should?”

“if you were here for the other night, you’d be terrified.”

“you know, i think the lines you’re afraid of are all made up.”

“last night, it was bad.”

“i wanna slow it down, but nobody would’ve let me.”

“maybe if you feel out of place, maybe it’s because you are.”

“i hope they crucify me.”

“no more parties in los angeles.”

“as of right now, my job is to lie down.”

“i hope they cancel me.”

“i pretend i’m ten times stronger for you.”

“you show so much promise.”

“it’s okay to be unhappy with all this.”

“what’s it like to be you?”

“do you see me that way?”

“do you remember my name?”

“i want her.”

“i want her to be just like you.”

“you know you’re my favorite.”

“just like me in my day, but you got all your priorities mixed up.”

“what’s it like being famous?”

“do you see a stranger when you look at my face?”

“sometimes, i wanna save you from everything.”

“it’s impossible to say what you’re gonna be.”

“it’s no business of mine how you waste your time.”

“i bet you miss what you had.”

“do you ever wonder why everyone is out to get you every day?”

“do you question anything?”

“how many warning signs until it hits you?”

“gravity’s your friend.”

“too many factors to be sure.”

“so many reasons to think twice.”

“you fall out of touch sometimes.”

“simple things make a difference in your day.”

“when you cry, i get fucking anxiety.”

“take the time to tell me how it ended up this way.”

“your love is cheap; it doesn’t cost anything.”

“what happens when you can’t keep doing it?”

“am i just scared for you?”

“can you feel the weight of their eyes on your neck?”

“i know you didn’t make any plans.”

“are we dead?”

“were you feeling left out?”

“they can tell that your mind is a mess.”

“these days don’t end.”

“you lost the things that brought us closer.”

“forgot how good it feels to be alone.”

“is this how i’m supposed to feel?”

“make it easy for me.”

“take it easy on me.”

“i still don’t know how you felt.”

“you can’t blame me.”

“why switch like different seasons?”

“you won’t find heaven, not in these hills.”

“you shouldn’t be here.”

“you can still make your mind.”

“i can’t save your life.”

“you can’t carry me through this.”

“i got your back sometime.”

“you’ll still be my favorite.”

“i wish i could save you.”

“i guess you got what you wanted.”

“you got your answer.”

“i’m in a dark place.”

“just know i’m not proud of everything i did so far.”

“i do it all for you.”

“can you follow my lead for once?”

“i can never make up for the time.”

“this is not love, i’m a glorified doorstop.”

“you wonder why we fell into a standstill.”

“we don’t need long.”

“still in the same boat.”

“please don’t ask to stay with me.”

“yeah, i’m still the same.”

“i feel insane.”

“don’t take this shit too serious.”

“look at what we accomplished.”

i don’t know you, which means you’re worth shit around here and capable of even less.

i’m pleased to see you have not forgotten your roots. 

i’m always never not nice!

sneeze in this city and a blossom drops from a cherry tree in tokyo.

call me ol’ fashioned, but i like to look anyone i do biz with in the eye.

i see no reason why you should be using expletives. 

no offense, but i’m gonna burn any and all bridges— need a clean break.

i needed you to live. that hasn’t changed.

you’d be surprised what people are willin’ to give up to feel secure.

would you like to join my gang?

i never forget a promise.

what crawled up your ass?

funerals are for the living, not the dead.

actually, i don’t think of you at all. ever.

i’m a man of my word, you know that.

did you think i wouldn’t know it was taken from me?

i am the one who saved your life. 

need a smoke. where’d you stash yours?

trust me. don’t trust me. i don’t give a fuck.

got bored of being rich, and then got bored of playin’ tough.

i thought i told you not to meddle in my affairs. 

do i look like a priest that runs a charity to you?

you will bring death to your door. 

i can feel it. our minds, touching. i’m like mold on fruit, creepin’ into you. nothing i can do about it.

i’d puke if i fuckin’ could.

you’re the ghost of christmas past, asshole.

the dead are so very, very loud. and yet, lying is not in their nature.

don’t you dare faint again.

as long as you’re alive, there’s hope.

i’ll kill anyone who gets in my way. you included.

this is why you don’t bring back fallen warriors. sooner or later, they’re going to see everything they fought for’s turned to shit.

they’d say you’re taking too big a risk. poetically speaking, flying toward the sun to burn up.

actually, i wasn’t gonna’ pay you at all.

oo, i love this town! love it like you might love a mother who popped you out on the steps of an orphanage and now stops you to ask if you got a smoke for her.

if you don’t have a titanium skull lining, you are gonna’ have memory problems in no time.

once upon a time, people were talking to graves and nobody batted an eyelid, right?

give yourself time. ideas’ll come. life’ll shake you, roll you, maybe embrace you. the music’ll find you.

be alone with my thoughts? near on unachievable these days.

the city of dreams. i’d gladly kick the balls off the idiot who thought that one up.

you want nice, supportive? call a damn helpline.

swap meat for chrome, live a bd fantasy, whatever, but at the end of it all— it’s the code you live by that defines who you are.

he burned down half the city just to prove he was right, and burned the other half just for fun.

“i know there’s nothing to say.”

“someone has taken my place.”

“let me do my stuff.”

“i know i got nothing on you.”

“there’s nothing to do.”

“i’m not gonna miss you when you go.”

“i’ve been tossed around enough.”

“i know you’re hoping to find someone who’s going to give you peace of mind.” 

“i’m just second-hand news.”

“now here you go again.”

“you want your freedom?”

“who am i to keep you down?”

“listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness.”

“thunder only happens when it’s raining.”

“players only love you when they’re playing.”

“they will come and they will go.”

“when the rain washes you clean, you’ll know.”

“now here i go again.”

“i see the crystal vision.”

“it’s only me who wants to wrap around your dreams.”

“do you have any dreams you’d like to sell?”

“she broke down and let me in.”

“i’m never going back again.”

“you don’t know what it means to win.”

“come around and see me again.”

“open your eyes and look at the day. you’ll see things in a different way.”

“don’t stop thinking about tomorrow.”

“it’ll be better than before.”

“yesterday’s gone.”

“why not think about times to come and not about the things that you’ve done?”

“if your life was bad to you, just think what tomorrow will do.”

“all i want is to see you smile.”

“i know you don’t believe that it’s true.”

“i never meant any harm to you.”

“don’t you look back.”

“loving you isn’t the right thing to do.”

“how can i ever change things that i feel?”

“i’d give you my world.”

“you can go your own way.”

“you can call it another lonely day.”

“packing up, shacking up’s all you wanna do.”

“everything’s waiting for you.”

“there’ll be no more crying.”

“i feel that when i’m with you.”

“i love you like never before.”

“i wish you all the love in the world.”

“the songbirds keep singing like they know the score.”

“listen to the wind blow.”

“damn your love, damn your lies.”

“if you don’t love me now, you will never love me again.”

“damn the dark, damn the light.”

“i can still hear you saying you would never break the chain.”

“you make me happy with the things you do.”

“i never did believe in miracles.”

“i’ve got a feeling it’s time to try.”

“i never did believe in the ways of magic.”

“it would be different and you know it.”

“i don’t have to tell you but you’re the only one.”

“you make loving fun. it’s all i want to do.”

“i don’t want to know the reasons.”

“i don’t want to stand between you and love.”

“i just want you to feel fine.”

“the truth has come down now.”

“take a listen to your spirit; it’s crying out loud.”

“you say you love me, but you don’t know.”

“you know you make me cry.”

“how can you love me, i don’t understand why.”

“if there’s been a fool around, it’s got to be me.”

“you’re letting me know you’re the best thing in my life.”

“why are you right when i’m so wrong?”

“i’m so weak but you’re so strong.”

“everything you do is just all right.”

“i can’t walk away from you if i tried.”

“dig your grave.”

“pick your path and i’ll pray.”

“lousy lovers pick their prey but they never cry out loud.”

“well, did she make you cry?”

“is it over now?”

“pick up the pieces and go home.”

“follow those who pale in your shadow.”

“rulers make bad lovers.”

“you better put your kingdom up for sale.”

“she’s a dragon.”

“you could be my silver spring.”

“don’t say that she’s pretty.”

“did you say that she loved you?”

“turn around, see me running?”

“i say i loved you years ago, but tell myself you never loved me.”

“you won’t forget me.”

“i know i could have loved you.”

“but you wouldn’t have let me.”

“my voice will haunt you.”

“give me just a chance.”

“you’ll never get away from the sound of the woman that loved you.”

the jedi knights are all but destroyed.

i’m just trying to sell a couple jogans here.

well, who’s gonna stop us?

sorry, sorry. not looking for trouble.

stay on alert! repeat, this is a code red.

what’s the emergency?

thanks for doing the heavy lifting!

if the big guy catches you, he’ll end you! good luck!

pretty gutsy move, kid!

okay, you caught me! i give up!

hey, look— i stole this stuff, whatever it is, fair and square.

today is not your day.

you have a better option? come on!

do you have any idea what these are worth on the black market?

you said this was a routine op. what happened down there?

please, it’s been a difficult morning.

how about a little less attitude and a little more altitude?

if i didn’t know better, i’d think you did that on purpose.

if you knew better, we wouldn’t be in this situation.

look, i was just doing the same thing you were.

you have no idea what i was doing. you don’t know me. 

nothing would thrill me more than tossing you out while in flight.

aren’t you a little busy at the moment?

you’re not thinking what i think you’re thinking.

they knew our protocol and were waiting in position.

it could signify the spark of rebellion.

next time they make a move, we’ll be waiting for them. 

if i told you, i’d have to kill you. and i might just kill you anyway.

look, i know you’re not gonna believe me— but it’s like this thing wanted me to take it.

you’re right, i don’t believe you.

hand me the lightsaber.

lightsaber? isn’t that the weapon of the jedi.

not too good at following directions, are you?

who are you people? i mean, you’re not thieves exactly.

we’re not exactly anything. we’re a crew, a team— in some ways, a family.

if he tries anything, sound the alarm or shoot him.

i owe those hairy beast. they saved some of my people.

if we don’t intercept this ship, we’ll never find them. 

can we please get rid of him?

you know, this whole “mission” thing is nuts.

i’m not against sticking it to the empire, but there’s no way i’d stick my neck out this far. who does that?

at least things seem to be going smoother than our last op.

it’s a trap! we gotta get out of here! it’s a trap!

the kid’s blowing another op!

they’ll follow the plan. it’ll be fine. 

yeah, ‘cause the plan’s gone just great so far.

artificial gravity is down for two minutes!

attention, rebel ship— surrender or be destroyed.

this is your first and last warning. 

i can’t see it from here. how’d it look?

wow, you’re about as bright as a binary droid.

trust in the force.

i believe the lower hanger is a diversion.

and this time, try not to leave until everyone’s back aboard.

first you ditch me, then you hit me?

thanks. thank you— i really didn’t think you’d come back for me. 

have you heard of the spice mines of kessel?

i’ve come this far. might as well finish the job. 

i think you have something that belongs to me.

good luck saving the galaxy.

you can learn what it truly means to be a jedi.

so we’re arm dealers again?

i already know the mission. let’s head to the spaceport.

you have plenty of room! stop crowding me?

i have never been so insulted.

i can’t risk an incident spoiling these negotiations.

this is so humiliating. 

secret mission. what secret mission?

trust an astromech to ruin everything. 

i couldn’t help noticing your predicament. 

so we steal to stay alive. see? told you i already knew this. 

you can short-circuit an entire ship with these. 

you appear to be malfunctioning again. 

hurry! we’re running out of... time’s up!

you’re trying to shoot me?

the mission is doomed, and so are we. 

jedi training? never heard of it. 

have no fear. help is on the way. 

remain calm, my friend. all i need is your location. 

finally— someone on your crew who understands business. 

my friend, i hope you live to bargain another day. 

now you’re speaking my language. i’ll go get my gear. 

i knew some form of rescue would arrive. 

wait— don’t shoot! don’t shoot!

the simplest gesture of kindness can fill a galaxy with hope. 

for now, show me what you have on your rebels. 

you recorded everything, old friend?

very funny. but i don’t need your help.

well, this isn’t some place— it’s my place. 

don’t go blaming this on me!

this is my ship you’re wrecking, and i want you off it.

don’t even think about coming back without at least one meiloorun fruit. 

you made me lose the rest of the supplies!

don’t crowd me, i’m flying here!

so now, i’d be saving your life— right?

you do realize this isn’t your room?

at least tell me you dismantled the locator beacon. 

do you know which way we’re supposed to go?

what’s the worst that could happen?

we both could wind up dead. 

oh, boy— here goes nothing!

let’s just say we’re eternally even. 

i didn’t want it to fall back into the empire’s hands. 

thought it was a moment that needed to be immortalized. 

your captain will be pleased.

i hate that guy.

[name] gave you a compliment... so you hate him?

you have the right to remain silent. i wish to god you’d exercise it.

spectres are trouble.

next time we go out, let’s try not to park in a colony of mutant zombies. just thinking out loud here.

i don’t like having him on board— call me paranoid.

they have a right to send someone to keep an eye on their investment.

yeah, that is the official story— but only an idiot believes the official story.

so there’s more going on here than the captain’s letting on?

he sounds angry. something must have gone wrong with the mission.

the galaxy can be a very dangerous place.

i figured there was something you weren’t telling us.

there must be a reason you didn’t tell me about this.

the last time humanity made a discovery like this, it jumped our technology forward two hundred years.

obviously, this goes beyond mere human interests.

humans don’t have the best reputation.

you showed a remarkable will to live— a particularly useful talent.

sorry, but there’s no award for most times shot.

why would a turian want a human in the spectres?

i only care that you can do the job.

eden prime will be the first of several missions together.

what do you know about the protheans?

we all owe the protheans a great debt.

why is this beacon so important?

we are under attack! taking heavy casualties— i repeat: heavy casualties!

everything cuts out after that. no comm traffic at all— just goes dead.

this mission just got a lot more complicated.

grab your gear and meet us in the cargo hold.

your team’s the muscle in this operation, [name]. 

what about survivors?

i move faster on my own.

humanity needs a hero, and well, you’re the best we’ve got.

i’ll stand behind you. you’re a damned hero in my books.

and you wonder why i hate politicians.

sneaking up on me like that nearly got you killed!

you’ve made your decision— i won’t waste my breath.

can we trust him?

honestly? this isn’t how i pictured my career coming to an end.

your words are as empty as your feature.

i know how to look after myself, but i appreciate the help. thank you.

you’d kill a thousand innocent civilians to end a war without a second thought.

why is it when someone says ‘with all due respect’, they really mean ‘kiss my ass’?

i can see why this place is so popular. it’s got quite the... view.

surrender, or don’t. that would be more fun.

how about this— you pretend you didn’t see me, i’ll pretend i didn’t see you.

this wasn’t covered in my training manuals.

why do people keep asking you to do something incredibly dangerous for them?

i know we’ll all be court-martialed if this doesn’t work out, but part of me loves this!

you can’t bludgeon your way through bureaucracy. 

just because i like you doesn’t mean i won’t kill you.

your species must know its place.

in case you hadn’t noticed, this whole place is falling apart!

i’m pleased that the imminent destruction of all organic life has improved your career opportunities.

smells like smoke and death.

you the one in charge here?

where’s the rest of your squad?

you couldn’t have done anything to save them.

we could use your help, [name].

it’s time for payback.

describe what happened leading up to the attack.

the very thing you’re best at is the thing that hurts the most.

you need your rotten heart.

i am no mother, i am no bride— i am king.

a woman is a changeling, always shifting shape.

just when you think you have it figured out, something new begins to take.

i never knew my killer would be coming from within.

i was never as good as i always thought i was.

i was never satisfied, it never let me go.

sometimes, i wonder if i should be medicated.

the feeling comes so fast and i cannot control it.

i’m on fire, but i’m trying not to show it.

i’m always running from something.

you’re too sensitive.

okay, but let’s discuss this at the hospital.

i put it back, but it keeps on coming. 

and for a moment, when i’m dancing, i am free. 

is this how it is? is this how it’s always been?

don’t you wanna call it off?

there is nothing else that i know how to do but to open up my arms, and give it all to you.

and i am freaking out in the middle of the street!

i don’t know how it started— don’t know how to stop it.

this is the end, and i’m thinking about her. 

you said rock and roll is dead.

never really been alive before.

i always lived in my head, and sometimes it was easier hungover and half-dead

i’m back in town, why don’t we go out?

i came for the pleasure, but i stayed.

i stayed for the pain.

if you get spat on, that’s just your big city baptism. 

you’re the star of the show. 

i thought that i was here with you, but it was always just an empty room.

what a thing to admit.

kinda makes me feel like i’m being crushed.

is this something that you would like to discuss?

it’s good to be alive. 

if they ever let me out, i’m gonna really let it out. 

you’ll be sorry that you messed with this.

everyone treated us like little pets.

oh, tell me it’s not over yet!

when i decided to wage holy war, it looked very much like staring at my bedroom floor.

i know i may not look like much— just another screaming speck of dust, but oh god, you’re gonna get it. 

i met the devil.

you know, he gave me a choice— a golden heart or golden voice.

well, did you miss me?

walk on water just to kiss me?

come and get me.

i’ve been expecting you.

deliver me that bad news.

am i your dream girl?

you think of me in bed but you could never hold me. 

at least you’ll sanctify me when i’m dead.

well, did i disappoint you?

did mommy make you sad?

do i just remind you of every girl that made you mad?

make me perfect, make me your fantasy— you know i deserve it.

well, take it out on me. 

i am nobody’s moral center.

it cannot hold!

all the things that i ran from, i now bring as close to me as i can.

why don’t you give me a call?

all this work gone to waste.

you made me climb, then you shut the gate.

i used to see the future and now i see nothing.

now i creep out when there’s no one about.

well, can you see me?

i cannot see you.

everything i thought i knew has fallen out of view.

all the gods have been domesticated.

heaven is now overrated.

you can take your complaints straight to the lord.

i try to still look with wonder on the world.

you know i’ve always been your favorite daughter.

if i run fast enough, could i fall apart?

empires crumble and cathedrals flatten in my heart.

heaven is here if you want it.

i’ll turn your sea to a desert.

you know i always get my man.

i couldn’t help it.

yes, i let it get in.

i’m not bad, i’m not good. 

we practice resurrection every night— raising the dead under the moonlight.

you’re a perfect pearl hung in the sky.

there is no bad, there is no good.

i drank all the blood that i could.

a generation soaked in grief— we’re drying out and hanging on by the skin of our teeth.

i never thought it would get this far.

sometimes, i see so much beauty i don’t think i can cope. 

there is nothing to describe.

i pray the trees will get their leaves soon.

tell me where to put my love.

do i wait for time to do what it does?

i don’t know where to put my love. 

when it came, it was stranger than i had ever imagined.

all my friends are getting ill.

have i learned restraint?

am i quiet enough for you yet?

you said this could have been the best thing that ever happened to you— so you decided not to do it?

now you come back every summer. 

you wouldn’t want me, would you?

unavailability is the only thing that turns you on.

i’ve blown apart my life for you.

i don’t love you, i just love the bomb. 

i let it burn, but it just had to be done.

i’m in ruins, but is it what i wanted all along?

sometimes you get the girl— sometimes you get the song.

if i make it to the morning, i should have come with a warning. 

i’ll show you what it means to be saved.

i told the band to leave without me. 

i guess i got my wish. 

you know i’m still afraid. 

i’m still crazy and i’m still scared.

“let’s step carefully into the dark.”

“once we’re in, i’ll remember my way around.”

“who will i become tonight?”

“nobody cared for the stories i had about no good guys.”

“I always knew the world moves on.”

“i start the day high and it ends so low.”

“i used to think i’d be done by twenty.”

“though maybe at thirty, i’ll see a way to change.”

“i always thought the choice was mine.”

“i just chose wrong.”

“you grip it tight inside, like a knife.”

“open up your heart like the gates of hell.”

“you stay soft, get beaten; only natural to harden up.”

“just tell me what you want to do.”

“everyone said, don’t go that way.”

“so, of course, to that, i said — i think i’ll go that way.”

“come in, come in, whatever you are.”

“take it all, whatever you want.”

“i didn’t know what it would take.”

“sometimes i think i am free, until i find i’m back in line again.”

“i’ve laid awake since one and now it’s four o’clock.”

“and there’s nothing i can do, not much i can change.”

“i give it up to you, i surrender.”

“can i give it up to you? would that be okay?”

“if you would just make one mistake, what a relief that would be.”

“but i think for as long as we’re together, i’ll be the only heartbreaker.”

“i’ll be the loser in this game.”

“i’ll be the bad guy in the play.”

“i apologize, you forgive me.”

“i won’t make the same mistake that i made for fifteen years.”

“i could be a new person.”

“i will be a new person.”

“i need you to love me more.”

“how do other people live?”

“i wonder how they keep it up.”

“come back to mine, we’ll pretend the world ends tomorrow.”

“there’s nothing left for you.”

“try and go outside. nothing waits for you.”

“i haven’t given you what you need.”

“you wanted me, but couldn’t reach me.”

“i’m sorry, it should’ve been me.”

“must be lonely loving someone trying to find their way out of a maze.”

“i guess this is the end.”

“i’ll have to learn to be somebody else.”

“it’s been you and me since before i was me.”

“without you, i don’t yet know quite how to live.”

“from here, i can say, thank you.”

“we fought again.”

“you say you love me, i believe you do.”

“you just don’t like me, not like you used to.”

“we may be ending.”