Near Stories

It's been so many years, a few joys and more tears So much I want to say, if I could find a way I'm still the boy inside, giving you that first ride The one lost in your eyes, holding you through your cries You left me so empty, and nothing can fill me So long chasing traces, wish I could trade places If I would have been more, I could have helped you soar But I only failed you, and pills became your adieu My body has gro...

So near, yet so far. There's a natty cliché. That thing when something is just about tangible, but something about it is just out of reach. It's frustrating, stupid, totally unnecessary and just a smidge of heartbreaking. You feel you shouldn't think about it, but then it just infiltrates your head. Before you know it, it's swimming around. It gets into your heart. From there, it's like a disease. A beautiful, fucked up,...