Other Mistakes

You and me, we're too big now,
Too big now for our town.
10 thousand tired people
Watched as we tumbled down.


I can't keep seeing you,
And you can't keep watching me.
If we're both settled here,
You'll start your missing me.


This isn't giving up.
This isn't giving in.
This selfish heart you left me
Would never let you win.


I've got to leave this place,
Run so far away,
Pretend I never knew you,
Learn from my mistake.


When the summer ends, I'll be gone--
A few hours away on my own.
And I won't come back here to you
Like they want and expect me to do.
When the autumn comes, I'll be gone--
That heartache you gave, I forgot.
And I won't come back to this place,
I've got other mistakes to make.


The sun is coming up now,
Rising from the East.
I'm staring through my window.
I'm fine, to say the least.


I haven't cried a tear drop.
I haven't had that dream
where you're smiling at me,
Then put your hands on me.


I have my weaker moments,
And I can hardly breathe.
I reach out to touch you.
Do you think of me?


But I will never write you.
I will never break.
10 thousand people can't be wrong.
You were my first mistake.


When the day comes, I will be gone--
A few states away, on my own.
And I won't come back here to you
Like my heart sometimes wants to do.
When that spring comes, I will be gone--
That heartache you gave, I forgot.
And I won't go back to that place,
I've got other mistakes to make.


I've got other roads to travel.
I've got other ropes to unravel.
I've got other tears to cry.
And I've got plenty of time.


This isn't giving up.
This isn't giving in.
This selfish heart you left me
Would never let you win.


I've got to leave this place,
Run so far away,
Pretend I never knew you,
Learn from my mistake.


When the summer ends, I'll be gone--
A few hours away on my own.
And I won't come back here to you.
I won't come back to this place.
I've got other mistakes to make.


(May 2011