Quiet Flames

(sighs) You posted up the photos by the pier

But I was sitting inside

Thinking how you never made it clear

That I was left behind

And now I'm outside the front of your gate

Screaming at shadows of things that I hate

I threw a punch and I missed by an inch

Why did I have to be the one to flinch?

Now everyone is looking at me

Like I'm the monster on their screen (screaming)

Your brother had to pull me to the side

Asking what went wrong with my pride

I didn't mean to make a scene

Just wanted to be seen

And the worst part is I made it real

Every bad thing I was supposed to feel

(oh no)

I threw a punch and I missed by an inch

Why did I have to be the one to flinch?

Now everyone is looking at me

Like I'm the monster on their screen

Just a boy in a quiet street

Staring down at his own feet