Poetry: Journal 2

I see your face in my mind as I drive away
'Cause none of us thought it was gonna end that way
People are people and sometimes we change our minds
But it's killing me to see you go after all this time

Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm

Music starts playin' like the end of a sad movie
It's the kinda ending you don't really wanna see
'Cause it's tragedy and it'll only bring you down
Now I don't know what to be without you around

And we know it's never simple, never easy
Never a clean break, no one here to save me
You're the only thing I know like the back of my hand

And I can't breathe
Without you, but I have to
Breathe
Without you, but I have to

Never wanted this, never want to see you hurt
Every little bump in the road I tried to swerve
People are people and sometimes it doesn't work out
Nothing we say is gonna save us from the fall out

And we know it's never simple, never easy
Never a clean break, no one here to save me
You're the only thing I know like the back of my hand

And I can't breathe
Without you, but I have to
Breathe
Without you, but I have to

It's two a.m., feelin' like I just lost a friend
Hope you know it's not easy, easy for me
It's two a.m., feelin' like I just lost a friend
Hope you know this ain't easy, easy for me

And we know it's never simple, never easy
Never a clean break, no one here to save me, oh

I can't breathe
Without you, but I have to
Breathe
Without you, but I have to
Breathe
Without you, but I have to

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry



By comparing "Tonight I can write the saddest lines" and "Breathe" we can see that they are alike in many ways. They are both about two lovers pondering their past relationship. They are obviously very upset about their broken relationships and we can identify that when we read the lyrics to "Breathe" and the poem. Taylor Swift and the speaker in the poem are also alike in many ways. They are both very emotionally hurt but they realize that the relationship they were in is not going to be the same so they move on with their lives. We can see this demonstrated when Swift says, "I can't breathe without you, but i have to" and when the speaker in "Tonight I can write the saddest lines" writes, "What does it matter that my love could not keep her. The night is starry and I am not with her." They both indicate that even though they are hurt, they are able to try to move on. I believe these were both written with the same idea in mind. Relationships can be very tough emotionally but when it ends and you are able to move on, it is a good thing. You are able to learn from that relationship and take something out of it. The world does not end when you lose a person because it was already all there before you were with them.