Meeting This New Normal

Rose tinted glasses
Silver lining sunsets
Just to make life the way we want it
The materials we flaunt it
But no matter how hard we try
Some remain out of reach
The fairy tale endings they teach
Have me questioning
If it's worth romancing
Can't we just come to an understanding
Because everything really is changing
Mistakes I've been correcting
Time I feel like I've been wasting
Points me directly to you
But maybe it's the furthest thing from the truth
It's too much I'm demanding
Glossing over wounds you need soothing
I just wish I could rewrite the pages
The reason you tend to your own bandages
Like a warm coffee in an empty booth
I don't want us to become cold
And if this is the new normal
A queen with a jesters heart on hold
Jokers are wild, they never fold
But deep down they know
Sometimes you have to let them go

Ohhhhhh I'm meeting someone new
If this is normal
I don't know what to do
People like you, I've known a few
Two faced lovers
Feeling scornful
Meeting this new normal

Cradling a fifth of whiskey
Wondering if you miss me
Building something new, but materials aren't free
Brick by brick
Building a foundation
On unsteady ground
Stacking building blocks
That may come crashing down
Not learning from past mistakes
Pushing forward headstrong
Never vocalizing what we find wrong
And only when Rome falls
Do we reflect on past transgressions
What we could have done different
The people we could have been
Swallowing bitters and spirits
Taste of regret fill the mouth
Of those shaken from the heartbreak and loss

Ohhhhhh I'm meeting someone new
If this is normal
I don't know what to do
People like you, I've known a few
Two faced lovers
Feeling scornful
Meeting this new normal

Goodbyes are hard
Changing is worse
The only thing that helps
Is this pen and verse
Lifting a curse
Of meeting this new normal...

Goodbyes are hard
Changing is worse
The only thing that helps
Is this pen and verse
Lifting a curse
Of meeting this new normal...