The Ocean and the Lake

What makes her better? Just tell me right now,
She doesn’t know you the way that I do.
She sees only surface, the sweat on your brow,
But I saw the demons that lived inside you.

You’re building a life on a foundation of sand,
With someone who hasn’t been burned by your fire.
She holds onto yours like a delicate hand,
I held onto you like a fraying wire.

Does she know the silence you keep in the dark?
The way that you lie when you’re scared to be real?
I’m the one who carries the permanent mark,
She’s just the bandage that helps you not feel.

So go, let her cherish the man that you fake,
In a world where you're safe and your shadows are gone.
She’s just a candle, a spark on the lake,
But I was the sun that you threw in the thorn.