the artist

he and his girl be having mad drama
always arguing and bickering
like every day
she shows up at his house
but he's not home cause he wanted to go out
and be alone
wanted to speak words
but when she's there he messes up
and he doesn't know why
and now she threatens to call the cops
what's she gonna tell them when they ask why
when he speaks he speaks anger
all the rage he's got penned up inside
from being penned up inside
and now he's out trying to survive
trying to keep a job
and be a good guy

but he can't escape the drama
it follows him through the streets and on the bus and the train
and can we really be friends when she calls and he tells me "don't say a word"
cause that bitch sounds crazy
and he told her
he's got a crush on a girl named Jamie
and i'm flattered
but i wonder what he was thinking and why he told her that
and what can i do knowing that
how am i supposed to act
and after listening to all these love poems
he leans over and whispers
i should write a love poem
i could do it better
can i write a love poem about you?

how does this girl respond to a question like that?
i want to be someone's muse
to be the person that inspires words
makes a man pick up a pen and write and write and write
but he has some stipulations and i am nervous to ask what they are
after the reveal i shrug my shoulders in apprehension
tempting but a bad idea, not totally right
mostly just wrong
it's for art he tells me
you can get behind that
and i say i don't think certain people would like that
if they knew
and he gets the point
forget i even asked
apparently it's hard to write a love poem if the girl's not undressed