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Aren't you tired? I know I am Do you still want me here? In the space between you and your hands We shrank the summer down To twenty-four miles I can still hear the sound Of you laughing all the way down We built a tower Out of water and sand Make you taller than both of us And we tear it apart with our hands Look at us carefree As we destroy what we made I love you carefully And I act like I'm dumb for my age And I know we're older She still makes you cry And just because she told you so It doesn't mean that she's right And it still gets ugly And you still bite your tongue But you still have more fight in you Than you ever really did when you were young Give it up for plain Jane There isn't really much to say She's faster than a bullet train And what you tell her she will take to her grave Can you see the laugh lines? She holds her face in the mirror She says it like nothing's wrong But I can hear her disappointment from here You think you look older I think you look alive You were right before when you Told me, "Living takes more than to just survive" What's a word for lonely That doesn't mean alone And what's that thing you told me? Something I would understand when I was grown I don't know what I heard Or what it takes to forgive You were mad at the whole world You were angry, I didn't stop when you did I am building something else It's not something I will tear down I will make it myself And I'm too proud to break that promise I'd do anything but ask for your help