Flicker of Temptation

You text “you

up?”

Two words

My pulse jumps

Screen glow on my face Like you’re right in this room

I pace the hall

Wear a groove in the floor

Know how this ends

Still my hand wants the door

I tell myself “forget it” Then your picture pulls me

in

Every promise that I made Starts bending at the hinge

You’re the gravity of my name Pulling me back Pulling me back

I keep swearing I’ll change But you know I’ll crash You know

I’ll crash Every line that I draw You trace it Erase it

again Oh

I keep walking away Then I’m falling

Falling back to you again

Your laugh in my head

Like a song I can’t kill

I taste last July

In the cold of this chill

Half poured drink

Half-meant prayers I’m one call away

From “I’m already there” I tell myself “forget it”

But you’re humming in my blood

Standing right at the edge Of that

first forgiving touch

You’re the gravity of my name Pulling me back Pulling me back

I keep swearing I’ll change But you know I’ll crash You know

I’ll crash Every line that I draw You trace it Erase it

again Oh

I keep walking away Then I’m falling

Falling back to you again

Who

am I trying to save You

My soul This fragile pride

I type “come over” then erase

Just your silence burns inside

You’re the gravity of my name Pulling me back Pulling me back

I keep swearing I’ll change But you know I’ll crash You know

I’ll crash Every line that I draw You trace it Erase it

again Oh

I keep walking away But I’m falling

Always falling back to you again (yeah)