PIERCE
Why can't I open my eyes? Who I am has become clear to me and I can't just reason away all the guilt I clearly should be feeling. Every word I've spoken has lacked sincerity. And now their weight is crushing me...oh my God, I cannot breathe.
LIAM
I swear that I know how I'm supposed to be. I swear that I know there's more than just me. I've talked all the talk for all of my life, run my fucking mouth, pretending I'm right. But I just don't feel the way that I should I just don't care, and I never could. I'll never change. I'm too fucking blind. I could never see or ever be kind. Why can't I open my eyes? Hell is knowing that you're wrong and I am never right. Why am I such a fucking ass? it's never justified. Every act of kindness is stained by my fucking pride. Nothing that I do is pure. I'm a fucking lie. Every act of meanness, well that's who I fucking am. Any claim of feeling for you is a fucking sham.
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