something was hiding deep under his smile
like a filter that he built up as a means for his survival
he saw people like creatures in the wild
who could never be his equal so he treats them like a child
she had eyes that mislead you for a while
confidence hid her trauma and she seemed so in denial
holding anger repeatedly recycled
through a lens that only sensed an endless stream of different rivals
seems their paths seldom could have crossed
like momentum would repel them, keep them held up in their box
and they’d never feel welcome there to talk
cause he thought all of his feelings and she felt all of her thoughts

Baby we’re just shooting stars
Flying through a concrete sky
Trying to get through the dark
Before we’re lost in time
Pulling each other along the way
Trying to see the light beyond the pain
Before we go

Gotta keep hoping that we might
As long as we both can sing our song
walls can be broken seems like
as long as we both can sing our song

he started speaking like he’d been keeping a secret
something about him sounded like she needed to defeat him
but she couldn’t see that the
words were a cry for freedom that didn’t mean what they seemed to her
hanging in the air like smoke from a cigarette
second hand pain that both sides are living with
choked up his eyes spoke life to bitterness
as sentiments in her own mind grew more venomous
ya know it’s kind of intimate
when ya both holding a grenade without the pin in it
dependent on each other to trade without the triggering
for a bit the others pain seems now legitimate
regret flashed quickly on his face
but inside of her own prison couldn’t give him an escape
product of a marriage in between two traitors
misdirected anger and miscommunication

Baby we’re just shooting stars
Flying through a concrete sky
Trying to get through the dark
Before we’re lost in time
Pulling each other along the way
Trying to see the light beyond the pain
Before we go

Gotta keep hoping that we might
As long as we both can sing our song
walls can be broken seems like
as long as we both can sing our song

things got so heated in between them that both of them
had to flee the scene just to regain their composure
moving apart, they started feeling even closer
like secretly a seed was sown that seemed to keep on growing
words echoing, repeating like a pulse
through their heads, through the pain and the ego that results
what if he isn’t evil and repulsive
and is smart enough to see things that she didn’t even notice?
and his feelings became more approachable
why did he get angry that she was so emotional?
the weaknesses each of them exposed
to the other, sent them on a path to reach some kind of closure
a conflict created and propelled
by projecting on each other what they hated in themselves
and when their paths crossed later you could tell
attraction filled the room up like fate knew how to help

Baby we’re just shooting stars
Flying through a concrete sky
Trying to get through the dark
Before we’re lost in time
Pulling each other along the way
Trying to see the light beyond the pain
Before we go

Gotta keep hoping that we might
As long as we both can sing our song
walls can be broken seems like
as long as we both can sing our song