If life were another movie cliché
I’d be the girl you’d sweep away
But the problem here is that we’re in reality
That’s just the bitter truth I don’t want to know
And I won’t find you with a guitar singing outside my window
Or holding up a boom box over your head at midnight
And then have my dad yelling for you to leave
Nope, my life is no romantic comedy
It’s not another shiny production of Hollywood
If I can make it happen then I would!
My conversations are not written in such witty lines
That would leave everyone I know laughing
Instead it’s just repeated words from excessive talking
Even if my words would come out cliché every given moment
I wouldn’t mind as long as there is that happy ever after second
My life is not going to be an Oscar nominee
If it would then I’ll take the prize for the black and white
Boredom award if there was ever one then I’d win!
I’d be the bell of the ball and the dullness of the night
Because my life is not some romantic comedy but I wish it was
But don’t get me wrong I’m not wishing for it to be a movie
All I want is for my life to be some romantic comedy
Have all the basic clichés and that same old plot line
Where boy meets girl and have some wonderful moments
And then those dramatic climaxes before the big ending kiss
Have that one scene stealing moment where people would cheer!
(If not cheer then laugh or cry, either way some strong emotion)
Have people smile when he first utters those words “I love you”
Then have a soundtrack for everything that he or I do
I want my life to be some romantic comedy
Where the boy I’m in love with is guaranteed to also fall
And I don’t have to wait weeks, months for him to actually call!
If I add in years then I’ll fall under the category of pathetic
But still if my life was a romantic comedy I’d have the audience sympathetic
Yet again the bitterness of reality comes sweeping in my mind
Reminding me that my life is not going to be a box office hit
If my life was going to be a movie I’d avoid any other genre
Especially if it has anything to do with drama
If it’s a thriller I rather not have surprises jumping out my closet
If it was action I rather keep every limb attached to my body
If it was a mystery then I rather not know if I’m the victim or the suspect
I want laughter and tears and the combination of both!
Not have every character crying to one explosive emotion
Or have any explosives period in any given situation
But here I am sitting in this swirl of reality
Hoping to find someone who’d not only see you as the answer
Or the girl who is just another bright question
But someone who will be so easy to reach and have them to hold
Be the one they’ll love and every single stitch that broke their heart
Will heal from the moment they saw you enter the room
It’s not just love in first sight but one smile can leave them sleepless
And here’s the romantic fallen and bruised but not so hopeless
This is all I could ever wish a romantic comedy brought to life
Where I may not know the next scene coming
But it would be a sure end of a happy ending
And there’s the fine line between you want and the unrequited
Because you’ll meet and know that it’s closer to everything you wanted
And the boy would be the one standing in the rain calling out your name
Or sing your favourite song just to prove the point of his feelings
And proclaim his apology in front of strangers at some local mall
Or have him worry when you did even bother to return a simple call
I want my life to be some romantic comedy
Even if it’s not some big shot movie
And the hopeless romantic with the movie collection
Will not stay up all night thinking of that single conversation
Because if this was a romantic comedy and not reality
Tomorrow would be the sweetest cliché
