Splitting Up

By Tim Kasher

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Maybe I don't have to get up today

I can push off what I put off until today

I can sleep it all away

I just can't bear your sad face

You said you're leaving next week

That I shouldn't be worried with phone calls and letters

You said it'd be okay, but you didn't see it my way

Because you don't know

No, no, you don't know

You don't know any better

Well, maybe I never really cared for you

And all the shit we struggled through for you

Fairy tales do not come true

Your prince is a prostitute

Bad luck comes in threes and you were the third in line

It was easy to charm me

You suction-cupped my heart

But you squeezed it too hard

Because you don't know

No, no, you don't know

You don't know any better

You don't know any better

You don't know any better, no

You don't know any better

Well, maybe splitting up is not so bad

I tried as hard as I can imagine

But I can't imagine me and you

I'm not good with hippies

Said you'd be back in a month

As they'd say, it's one hour trust

Well, trust is the tooth fairy

Give a broken part of you, hope your dreams will pull through

Because you don't know

No, no, you don't know

You don't know

No, no, you don't know

You don't know any better

You don't know any better

You don't know any better

Any better