Irony

Packing all our memories
Away with your necessities
The silence's deafening
As we're both reckoning
About what this all will mean
Once you leave the driveway
And shout this is the only way
And darkened spectacles
Hide your two miserable
And tear-filled hazel eyes

So sad
We could never have
A dog we didn't name ourselves
Too bad
I'll never meet your dad
Or visit Minnesota in spring

Aiming for the highway
Left me in the doorway gazing
You said your
Future's waiting beyond the interstate
Studying in Reno
Gambling in Waco
You always boasted
Your life was one big irony

Back when we were in awe
Of each other
And forgave the flaws
When we could memorize
Each other's corny lines
And plan our next mistakes

You said
I am a little scared
Of messing up this thing called us
I led
You back towards the bed
And whispered Baby so am I

Aiming for the highway
Left me in the doorway gazing
You said your
Future's waiting beyond the interstate
Studying in Reno
Gambling in Waco
You always boasted
Your life was one big irony
But just not with me

When I take out the trash on Sunday afternoons
And wave to the neighbors who don't have a clue
When I fill out the forms and then forget my name
I know I have someone else to blame
When I drive past our street and don't know what to do
Because I know it was your favorite avenue
When I run into friends who haven't heard you left
I smile and say I'll soon forget

That you're
Studying in Reno
Gambling in Waco
Where you mistake your
Selfishness for irony
For irony