I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzf1ed3j1fD
silence1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKCAs9YR7t
I'd like to think, that once the night sky spreads its wings and brings the dancing stars to light, and wretched, sinful Isabelle still hasn't returned home - I'd like to think that perhaps her parents might regret the words they said, might regret the palms of their hands stinging red against my face.1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMBs8tOAUi
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJ6sVjAq5S
A hundred days have made me older1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu53GTAUmeX
They told me that God loves us all, and will always be with us; but now, tears streaming onto my clasped hands and down into the river, silence is the only response.1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TFzr7essh
A thousand lies have made me colder1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcydQnnGOWC
They never met her. Never met Maddy. They heard her name, spoke to her parents, but they never met her, and I hate them for that, more than I hate them for the scars on my cheeks.1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7qXbKKqTE
They just heard about her. And when they did, they forgot about Isabelle, that poor girl became me; the one they couldn't love. Their daughter was killed by a phone call.1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATpwEOik72
silence1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfk4ODtaU7U
We were lying about why I was there, and we were lying side by side - lying side by side, earphones in to maintain the charade of studying - I could've lived in that moment forever. Just holding her hand in mine, knowing she was right beside me, seeing what I was seeing, hearing what I was hearing, feeling what I was feeling.1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGg1IAgTeV
Door opening.1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbNd7UYfbR
Earphones falling.1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhw07e9NA3L
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhl7UkAbol
Door closing.1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyBaXzy44X
And then Maddy's parents called mine.1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGErjQYm87n
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtLIlfMIAF
I lay my head down in the river, floating hair making a red halo on the surface of the water, newly sprouted reeds grasping desperately at my scalp.1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXCgr1OKPa
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOfi7ohZ2K
I slowly push off the bank with my feet, and as my ears submerge, I can hear her singing the song, the song we both loved so much -1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qv4sFQjX5
A hundred days have made me older1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgG9QG8gQ49
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBj4S41uyH
A thousand lies have made me colder1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpv1p2Cyqf
And I don't think I can look at this the same1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDgmvJINMf
I can hear her singing, I can hear her, and I'm coming Maddy I'm coming -1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEmOwWzHTy
You're still with me in my dreams1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUf9bQ7uYTH
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgeVzOFM6rO
silence1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSXjWG72Sw
-1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7GOToylaP
I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡau9BwUqHO2
She'll be waiting for me.1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WuQn76xB4
silence1407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HbhXb4ObB
