Bane

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Bane


the last thing that i want to do right now 
is scream one more line 
about the words that fall from your mouth 
landing somewhere just short of my feet 
some long, sad, boring list of let downs 
that i have talked about a thousand times before 
some spark i thought i saw in you 
needed to see in you 
wished i could see in you 
but was just a damn bluff 
i threw away aces and you showed me deuces 
the key is having the guts to raise with 
the second highest hand 
i have spent so much time 
folding bad cards and eating my words 
i've said some awful things to some real good people 
that now i no longer have a problem admitting when i am wrong 
and can just sit back and wait for the next deal to come 
and if the worst thing in my life 
is long-ass rides and hug filled good-byes 
and i can still be mystified 
by pretty smiles, crushes and mix tapes 
then i guess things really aren't so bad 
and i have never known much about silver linings 
but i can look around this van and see 
five faces that breath life into me 
kings full of jacks 
splash my chips across the table 
take my shot 
i'm all in