Temporary

I'm sorry I can't get too attached.
Everything here is temporary. I have to act like a match,
stricken quickly against the lighting strip when necessary,
not holding onto anything in order to light up and function.
But please don't get the assumption
that im crazy.

You see I've moved so many times, leaving behind so many lives.
I saw my first death when I was just 12 years old.
His skin so dead, so cold.
But that's when I first learned that everything is temporary
because people leave when it's necessary.

After losing my best friend, I tried to regulate my life.
Not pouring out to much love in order to be all right.
But of course I did because I was just a kid.
I got attached once again with my new best friends,
but of course everything is temporary
and you have to move on when it's necessary.

It was time to go to high school,
to leave them all behind.
We tried to stay in touch, but no one had the time.
Of course I got attached in high school.
I thought we were the perfect match, but I was a fool.
He told lies and I was horrified and I cried for so many nights.
It was all temporary because people leave when its necessary.

I then moved high schools, hoping for a better life.
I really hoped that this time, I could get attached and just be all right.
This time I didn't know, I was about to go.
You see my house it sold.
It was all temporary because I left when it was necessary.

I then moved high schools for the second time,
and now I'm here trying not to cry.
I left them all behind.
And you see, this is why I can't get attached.
Because in the end everything is temporary 
and we're all going to leave when its necessary.