Everything We Can't Be

Everything We Can't Be
The door's been closed for so long
And I'm still knocking on the wood.
Not one prayer will get me in
But I wish there's one that would.

It's a question already answered
But I keep asking anyway,
Hoping all those no's will turn
Into a yes for me someday.

If miracle's could happen
Oh, if wishes would come true.
I'd wait all night for a shooting star
To open the heart of you.

Because I spend every second
Hiding the obvious way I feel
Letting it eat me inside out
While I pretend it's not real.

I bite down words I want to say
And come so close to admitting.
I know you're love is not for me
Just friends is what I'm getting.

It irritates and aggravates
The love within my own soul.
I hate that I can't be with you
And me you can't console.

They don't make any medicine
Or antidote to cure this ache
There's drugs for everything
Except the simple heartbreak.

So I keep living and breathing
No symptoms or signs appear
But inside I am dying
With each inward shed tear.

I live in constant sorrow
Self-pity settles in
I know not of happiness
When she's here again.

And I shouldn't feel this way
Everyone else moves on.
Why do I stay so attached?
I must not be that strong.

You're everything I've wanted
You're everything that I need.
You'll also assume the role
Of everything we can't be.