Katie Costello

With her head on her pillow and her pain tucked under the sheets Music playing softly without a steady beat The TV flickers flames of color; it ignites the room A black and white face, the colors escape, her heartache She ran away, so far away That t

Verse 1: Tell me a story that consists of more Than once upon a time, the end, starring that same familiar friend Sing me a song that I can hum upstairs in bed, That can live in my mind, maybe for all time Refrain: I don't need a wallow face, I just

I hate talking and I hate walking next to someone I don't know Someone I don't know I hate pretending to keep up this friend thing When I have enough friends and I'd rather be at home Things would be much easier And it would really save some time If

Writing a letter to you like you're a foreign pen pal Talking to you like I've never not known you Smiling at you with my heart nailed shut Time-induced-healing has not been enough I swear you'd always need me I swear you'd always see me As the same

I want to make this concrete I want to make this firm I want to decide something But I'm scared of what I'll learn I don't know that I've been the best boss of myself I might as well get out of town or hire someone else How do we know when it's all g

Album: Lamplight Released: February 22, 2011 Stranger I've known you for so long I found you lost with a compass in the fog Stranger you know me too much Illusionary-self had not be touched, until you Humming Hallelujah in the dark Whispered poems le

Tiny raindrops salute gravity The pavement smells like the taste of blood I need to get out of here – even the trees are gilded Smiles ooze of depression with no creative perks I've overstayed my welcome in this life And it seems as though time won't

When the tears begin to flow Or I stub my pinky toe I will somehow never be alone If I'm bitten by a dog Or kissed by a charming frog This will some way make it all okay And I've got something strange about me But somehow I know There's a song in my