The Heroine

The city is wartorn
 And nearly impassable
 I act the lovelorn
 Dramatically laughable
 You said you'd come see me
 Here underground
 Now it's closing night
 And you can't be found
 I go through the motions again and again
 But you are not here to see them
 I go through the emotions again and again
 And this time I actually feel them
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 I play the heroine
 I play to their sympathies
 I say the sweetest things
 To command their empathy
 I asked just one thing of you, to be here
 Did I not let it slip that I was sincere?
 That was my best poker face, trying not to care
 I watch and I wait while you never appear
 The city is wartorn
 And nearly impassable
 I act the lovelorn
 I used to be laughable
 And though I've been spoiled by petty privilege
 I am no child throwing a fit
 I could write the book of disappointment
 And you'd be the final chapter of it
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 So you're a coward
 Or could never love me
 Or you have fallen
 To the enemy
 I asked just one thing of you, to be here
 Did I not let it slip that I was sincere?
 That was my best poker face, trying not to care
 I watch and I wait while you never appear
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 All these people came all this way
 Faces stained with loss but smiling as they're crying
 I would rather see you laugh at my tragedy
 Than choke on these tears while I'm curtsying
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 So you're a coward
 Or could never love me
 Or you have fallen
 To the enemy
 The city is wartorn
 And nearly impassable
 I act the lovelorn
 I used to be laughable