The Usual Suspects

Was it you who put my head in a vice?

I feel it caving in

When believing I had this game in hand

Once again I didn’t win

Did you trick me into this misted fog?

Or was this where I began?

Evaluating the risk against reward

It still didn’t go to plan

Can I blame you for my twisted thoughts?

I didn’t get here alone

Each of you had hand in leaving me

Aching to the bone

So I line you up, the usual suspects

Ready to pay account

For all the ways you toyed and teased

Chewed up and spat me out

What would you say in your defence

As your crimes were tallied up?

What line would you use to wriggle out

Of drinking from this cup?

Little you know of consequence

And so instead I pay

With battered heart and distant dreams

As another walks away