[Verse 1] The first time I went back to homeroom from the hospital I thought that being more embarrassed was impossible But God, the second time it really turned my stomach Now Im the kid who collapses and then spazzes out in public This time was a bowling alley, the first was in the yard And kids in middle school just watched me trip and kicked me hard Except this girl named Crissie Li, who flips around at her desk And gives me the worlds biggest Disney card Wrote best wishes, and kisses where she signed it 3 feet by 2 feet, I coulda hid behind it I didnt like the pity from Christina Li though Im thinking Crissie, cant you see Im busy being emo? Cause I think I mighta heard she maybe sorta liked me And since she wasnt cool enough I guess I took it lightly Had braces and glasses and wasnt Mrs. Popular And so I didnt really give a thought to her [Chorus] A heart breaking sounds like guitar strings snapping Its the notes of the song thatll never happen And the wind in the leaves is the sound of ghosts clapping But a heart breaking sounds like guitar strings snapping [Verse 2] Theres holes in my memory it isnt photographic Theres holes in my yearbook but the cutout folks were plastic Ten years pass, I dont cross paths With half the people from my class again til we meet at Crissies open casket Those who chose to ask it probably knew I could have dug in deeper if Id wanted to But you couldnt tell a thing was off on the surface And I didnt know she was sick until I heard about her service She was born with a heart defect, used to the cold knife Shed been in and out of hospitals her whole life She knew the whole time, and never said why She felt my pain herself and helped me hold my head high The nicest folks are those who know the throes of crisis Though I know its crime to twist her life to fit my own devices Whys it so hard to mourn, and then try to learn by this But lights that burn shortest Are the lights that burn brightest [Chorus] A heart breaking sounds like guitar strings snapping Its the notes of the song thatll never happen And the wind in the leaves is the sound of ghosts clapping But a heart breaking sounds like guitar strings snapping [Verse 3] Our 8th grade yearbook page for dedicating songs wasnt long Even in a school eleven hundred strong The yearbook advertised for months, but when its said and done Crissie bought six, the third most of anyone Alvin got Your Faith in Me by Jessica Simpson Pebbles got Richard Marxs ballad At the Beginning It feels like sloppy poetry the way her life would end After sending Mariah Carreys Any Time You Need a Friend But corniness is honesty thats wrapped in clich And most slow jam lyrics arent shit Im brave enough to say without a smirk But before she went to dirt she left us finally I Will Remember You to Geoff, Mike, Bry and me You can plot if you must Say its obviously fate, or explain that God is just But all I know is that until my bodys dust I will try to think of her as much as Crissie thought of us [Outro] This one goes out to Christina
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