Kryptonite

We were fire burning way too bright,

everyone said it won’t last long.

Voices, rumors, shadows around,

but we held on, tried to stay strong.

Then came the day we lost our way,

not from hate, just from the noise.

Now all that’s left are pictures in my mind,

of you — and the sound of your voice. I started over, moved ahead,

but you’re still there inside my head.

I smile, but it still cuts deep,

when your ghost walks through my sleep. You’re my kryptonite,

pulling me down though you don’t try.

I wanna be free, but your memory

freezes me every time.

We were poison and the cure,

love and pain, both insecure.

We’re better off as friends, I see —

but you’ll always be

my kryptonite. Too many nights, too many fights,

over nothing, over pride.

Now we talk like it’s all fine,

no more promises to hide behind.

I see you laugh, and something breaks,

deep inside, I can’t escape.

You’re good and bad, my sweetest pain,

like tears that fall in summer rain. I started over, moved ahead,

but you’re still there inside my head.

I smile, but it still cuts deep,

when your ghost walks through my sleep. You’re my kryptonite,

pulling me down though you don’t try.

I wanna be free, but your memory

freezes me every time.

We were poison and the cure,

love and pain, both insecure.

We’re better off as friends, I see —

but you’ll always be

my kryptonite. Maybe it’s better this way,

maybe we’re just too much the same.

But every time I see your face,

“better this way” fades away. You’re my kryptonite,

even though I’ve moved on in life.

I play it cool, but you can tell,

you’re still the spell I can’t fight.

We were poison and the cure,

and maybe that’s what love was for.

We’re better off as friends, maybe —

but you’ll always be,

my kryptonite.