Drunk Fragments/Pauline

Somehow they sense
you're preoccupied
the hints you drop
they let it lie
all the things you say end in a sigh
you think you should
you shouldn't try

think you broke your thumb
(I know that something hurts)
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You're the ache in my wrist you're the break in my heart.
you're the one that I miss when I lie in the dark.
Don't have anything that profound to say.
Only that you split when I hoped you'd stay.

In the absence of something
the something is you
it's worse than nothing
but it's something to do.
I don't usually talk this way.
Just stupid mood I'm in today.

I didn't really know you
but we covered a lot
if you didn't notice
I always thought
you had the most interesting things to say.
Now you're gone I hear them anyway.