Paper Shapes

Paper Shapes - Jay Legaspi

Not to sound a broken record she said

But for the record

I am scared of the things that passed

In the last few minutes

Patience worn like the tires thinned

By the ground ground ground

And I replied with an immeasurable wit

And what would have been a riot

If we weren't faced with

What had made itself to be

A truth that kept us tightly wound

So there we were like paper shapes in 3 D planes

Aware of a depth we couldn't fake

No matter how much we tried to bend or twist

A tragic netting made from tearing out a page

Made to hold against a sea of crashing waves

We just weren't made or cut out for this

We're not cut out for this

We're not cut out for this

We're not cut out for this

We're not cut out for this

We're going down down down

We're not cut out for this

We're not cut out for this

We're not cut out for this

We're not cut out for this

We're going down down down

The bed we made were sentences we laid

And our words were vows that dissipated

Waiting on her punctuation so I could breathe

And put this thought down

And she replied with very casual lines

And lie after lie that she was fine

But we both knew what we got into

And there's no way you could fool us now

So there we were like paper shapes in 3 D planes

Aware of a depth we couldn't fake

No matter how much we tried to bend or twist

A tragic netting made from tearing out a page

Made to hold against a sea of crashing waves

We just weren't made or cut out for this

We're not cut out for this

We're not cut out for this

We're not cut out for this

We're not cut out for this

We're going down down down

We're not cut out for this

We're not cut out for this

We're not cut out for this

We're not cut out for this

We're going down down down

We're not cut out for this

We're not cut out for this

We're not cut out for this

We're not cut out for this

We're going down down down