Cracks in the Pavement

I start kicking a rock down the sidewalk

It helps, avoiding your eye contact

I’m afraid of what I’ll do if I’m alone with you

You won’t admit the way that you’re talking

With a lit cigarette, it’s making you sick

But it feels nice to laugh

For a moment see my breath as a mist

Lead me down your path

A strange mystery hanging over me

I’m losing myself in it

But nothing is ever as it seems

I count the cracks in the pavement to throw a wrench in it

Distracting my brain wave

Is it alright to joke, humor the thought that we’re real?

But nothing is ever as it seems, until you’re there lying next to me

Lead me down your path

A strange mystery hanging over me

I’m losing myself in it

To dream of you lying next to me

But I know we’d be lying through our teeth

Cutting corners, making believe

If only anything was ever as it seemed