Your Words Don't Mean a Thing
2013 · Zack Smith
There are times I don’t know what to do,
I don’t know, I don’t know what to think
Your voice lies like a splinter in me
Planted deep, just out of my reach
Callous shield should protect me from pain
Doesn’t work
You’re still there underneath
You have been my most loyal company
I thought the words you hurled
Could create my world
But every promise named was empty inside
And now your words don’t mean a thing to me
I remember a boy about my height
With my color hair
You had told him he’s worthless in so many ways
He’d no reason to care
But that morning was different
You cut to the quick
He wasn’t even aware
Oh the years it would take him to repair
Every landed fist
I thought I needed it
So every smile was wiped from my face in time
Even your silence screams
Louder than my dreams
You have ignored me 'til I’m faded away
And now your words don’t mean a thing to me
In the morning I daydream through those little eyes
Staring square into yours I see all the disdain
You could never disguise
You declare I’m a waste of your time
And to my surprise…
Now your words
Oh, your words
Now your words don’t mean a thing to me
