Ficlets

Brand New – The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot
“I’ll grow old, start acting my age/ It’ll be a brand new day in a life that you hate.”

Stars – Calendar Girl
“The pages keep turning, I mark off each day with a cross/ And I’ll laugh about all that we’ve lost.”

Dixie Chicks – Everybody Knows
“I can change like colors on a wall/ Hoping no one else will find what lies beneath it all/ Think I hide it all so well.”

Elliott Smith – Angel in the Snow
“Sometimes I feel like only a cold still life.”

Dashboard Confessional – Vindicated
“And I am flawed, but I am cleaning up so well.”

My Chemical Romance – Disenchanted
“It was the roar of the crowd that gave me heartache to sing/ It was a lie when they smiled and said, ‘you won’t feel a thing’.”

Green Day – City of the Damned
“At the center of the earth in the parking lot/ At the 7-11 where I was taught/ The motto was just a lie.”

Blue October – Overweight
“Ever carried the weight of another? For how long?”