She Cries in Poetry Lyrics

She cries in poetry

And happy endings that aren't her style

She is a beacon for things

That never were worthwhile

But at least they taught her lessons

That she writes into oblivion

She does not ask for permission

She makes her own decisions

She is drowning in a sea of epitaphs

And she's the one who made past

The storm and fire

But that's not enough for me

Or enough for you

And that's what she writes about

How it's not enough to make it out

But what you make of it

We tell her

Cry baby, give us poetry

Oh how she wishes to be free

From those ghosts in her head that never really leave

From the cracks in her judgement she tries to relieve

Repair through a broken man but there's nowhere nowhere to turn but a page

A refrain

Bird in a cage

While she stands in rage

They cry dance for me

Give us poetry

She cries in allegories

In stories, fake glory

She writes an ending different from her own

An ending she prays is all that is known

She cries for us

The meaningless

Those impoverished of love

And ridden of power

She writes us a way out

We all shout her words

But we are spoken over

By someone all too heard

Thought I'd grow up to be just like her

But now I'm just grown

Roots breaking through glass and empty promises from a heart that isn't my own

She cries in poetry

And happy endings she knows aren't true

She is a beacon they say

For what not to do

But she writes us anyway

She writes in all the pain

'Cause what is love without a little pain

A loss of love is the world's gain

My god she is the answer

Won't you hear the words she says

The truth of life is in her head

And she could stop the end

My god, she could stop the end