Ariadne's Return

Like any drug 
You ever had to shake off too soon 
She left you glass-eyed and 
Empty-headed 
Wondering when you'd be 
Alone again 
Like any love 
You knew that it was doomed 
When your heartbeat picked up pace and 
Began its descent 
Comforting though it felt, she left you 
Broken in 
Like any sanctuary 
You ever thought to escape to 
She left you hiding in plain sight and 
Mid-day 
Rewinding e'ery mild disagreement 
You ever had 

And Ariadne was an open book 
And Ariadne was a baited hook 
Ariadne won't you take a look 
At all the foundations you have shook 

Like any sentence 
You ever regretted speaking 
She left you biting her tongue and 
Hoping 
This could not go wrong, though inevitably 
It did 
Like any pretense 
You ever imagined keeping 
She left you abandoning common sense and 
Self preservation 
Climbing around in burning buildings, wondering why you couldn't 
Breathe 
Like any love 
She called it poetic license 
When she swore she'd stay, of course 
We didn't mean it 
She'd say, how could anyone ever understand love 
Anyways 

Ariadne, you're an open book 
And I believe I've claimed my page 
Ariadne, you're a baited hook 
And I believe in the one that got away 
Oh Ariadne, would you take a look 
At all the hearts that you have shook 

Oh, Ariadne the way you return 
I'd swear you never went away 
Ariadne, you are the devil spurned 
Yet an angel 
Every time I look your way.