How - A Victim of Circumstance

How many times can a heart be broken?

Is there a way to soften the blow?

How many times can you kill my soul?

Is there really any way to know?

How many lies does it take,

To make truth seem like a mirage?

As if what I thought wasn't really there,

As if your words, I didn't really hear

Funny how you need me now

To be the villain, the cruel one

So you can be the victim

A victim of circumstance

Let me make all the decisions for you

So no one will ever think to blame you

Absolved of all responsibility,

Caught, a bystander, in the middle of my fury

You never even really had a chance

Consequences don't mean much to you

Why would they, could they, should they

Have to take a toll on your conscience

Preoccupied, you misplace your priorities

Losing my trust in between the cracks in your self-perception

So tell me how you need me now

To be the antagonist, the bad one

So you can be the victim

A victim of circumstance

Let me make all the decisions for you

So no one will ever think to blame you

Absolved of all responsibility,

Caught, a bystander, in the middle of my fury

You never even really had a chance

How wonderful it must be

To be able to ignore the possibility

That somewhere in this story

You shattered us to pieces - correction,

What a relief it must be

To finally be free

Of having someone like me

Reflect your imperfections