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Because You're Gone
My friends are all around me,
 But I’m all alone.
 There’s a ripple in the space by my side
 Every place I go.
 That ripple is there for a reason, you see?
 For that ripple is where you always used to be.
 I stay with other people,
 So I won’t be as lonely,
 But I don’t know them,
 They’re all strangers to me.
 I walk down the halls,
 And my hand misses yours.
 That’s a pain somewhere inside me,
 But I don’t know the source.
 Every laugh that leaves my lips is hollow,
 There are no steps of yours for me to follow.
 I want to be left alone,
 So the pieces of my soul can be re-sown.
 By your ghost these rooms are haunted,
 Your eyes, you lips, your arms leave me taunted.
 I can’t see you, but I can feel your presence.
 Your name is in every word of every sentence.
 Thinking about you drives me crazy,
 But you won’t get out of my mind.
 I can’t breath, my vision is getting hazy.
 I’m so afraid of being left behind.
 Hold me close to you,
 And promise you’ll never let me go.
 I drown out the world with music,
 Trying not to let my sadness show.
 I put on a mask to comfort others,
 I know the sorrow they feel.
 Hugging them until they’re smothered,
 Encouraging their wounds to heal.
 All of this is because you’re gone,
 But I know it was your time.
 You’re my only love, remember that, I pray.
 I’ll keep you in my heart
 For forever and day.

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