too much depends

oh your smile
oh so sweet
and now i see the way you've
steeped
stepped in their haunted
oh yes, their imprints there

i see it in photographs
the crooked smiles
hiding the guilt and unsaids,
the truths to reveal you conceal
yes, you're packing heat

i was just the first casualty to get burned
and when i learned that you chose
them.over.me
them.over.me

i don't think i can see
how you could have
could have
could have
but you've dug in
and in sin you'll settle
i'll no longer meddle
but.god.i.love.you.and.it.hurts.

to predict the oncoming crash
the way you'll realize you're paralyzed
trapped with no one to help
i.want.to.help.but.you.have.to.ask

i can't force feed you
direction, it's gotta be a choice you make
but i'm clearer now, that the
fertile growing ground to re-mend our bones
is not where you are in that circle of friends,
too much depends
and i've already lost too much