The Cycle

surrounded by monsters

that tear at your flesh

mentally searing you

doing what they do best

you would scream for help

but you're gasping for air

it doesn't matter anyway

there's no one to hear

sweat flows like a stream

out of all your pores

your mind is on fire

can you take any more

then out of nowhere

it all goes away

nothing surrounds you

but it's all here to stay

beginning descent

your eyes start to cry

your mind has gone numb

your heart has run dry

everything falls apart

nothing left in this shell

then it starts all over

another cycle of hell

And We Are Live

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With Ease (Thank You)

you crossed the line
but didn't care
who you hurt along the way
now it’s time
to take a look back
to see just what you have done

and i want to thank you
for making it so easy to
turn away for a different view
this homicide
won't hurt inside
i'll bury your memories alive

i won’t be the one
grasping at straws
painful as it may be
for you because
i leave it all behind with ease

so take
your things and go
your baggage kicked to the curb
now it’s time
to take a look ahead
to see what you’ve become

and i want to thank you
for making it so easy to
turn away for a different view
this homicide
won't hurt inside
i'll bury your memories alive

i won’t be the one
grasping at straws
painful as it may be
for you because
i leave it all behind with ease

so this is it
the last straw
has finally arrived
and it's crushing
your weak spine
snap goes the weasel

and i want to thank you
for making it so easy to
turn away for a different view
this homicide
won't hurt inside
i'll bury your memories alive

i won't be the one
grasping at straws
painful as it may be
for you because
i leave it all behind with ease

your rigid corpse
it has a frown
in the ashes
dance around
of the bridges
you've burned down

Holiday

i wake up
easter morning
next to you
on the phone
your sweet voice
whispers softly
from your mouth
into my ear

you say hello
i say how are you
did you sleep
well last night

yeah it's just another day to me
just like all the rest
and it's just another day to me
and it's so beautiful
it's just another day to me
and i will love it to death

i wake up
christmas morning
i take a look
outside my window
what i see
feels good inside
what i feel
is what i hoped for

cold and dead
gray as ashes
whiteness falling
from the sky

yeah it's just another day to me
just like all the rest
and it's just another day to me
and it's so beautiful
it's just another day to me
and i will love it to death

i wake up
sunday morning
we sleep in
while the others pray
our love is all we need
no phantasms no fiction
just each other
no one else

i get in my car
drive through this ghost town
try to unwind
from the night before

yeah it's just another day to me
just like all the rest
and it's just another day to me
and it's so beautiful
it's just another day to me
and i will love it to death

yeah it's just another day to me
just like all the rest
and it's just another day to me
and it's so beautiful
it's just another day to me
and i will love it to death

i will love it to death

The Thirst

my thirst for you is strong
i hunger for your love
it keeps on calling me
i can feel it in my blood

it runs so deep
so thick you can cut
don't call it weak
yeah it's anything but

now i can't tell the difference
between you and i
we are one and the same
even to the naked eye

so brace your head
for this concussion
it can't be argued
there's no discussion

i am the definition
of obsession
so take me now
i'm your possession

i am the epitome
of your desire
i am your bleeding heart
and i'm on fucking fire

My Mona Lisa

well i think you're the one
i think that you're it
you know that it's true
every piece every bit

beauty may be relative
it's in my eyes so behold
you're the one for me
even when my heart is so cold

so take a step back and smile
because it's you that i adore
there's a piece of me inside you
and that can't be ignored

so hold your head up high
you should be so proud
you are so perfect to me
yeah you are my heart's shroud

some may not be able to see
some may just disagree
how naive can they be
yeah you're priceless to me

Mirror Mirror

get back
yeah get back to your shell
you don't get it
i've been through hell

your world
in your world i never belonged
i tried i really did
the inevitable just prolonged

i can believe
you've gone this far
take a good look in the mirror
do you know what you are

so break
break your glass of spite
you never had a clue
to the ways of my life

to you
to you i don't belong
or to your whole tree
i uprooted this all along

i can believe
you've gone this far
take a good look in the mirror
do you know what you are

i'm tired
tired of trying to make it fit
this will never work
no matter how i force it

so i
i'm gonna take this
and smash it apart
like it never happened
back by myself from the start

i can believe
you've gone this far
take a good look in the mirror
do you know what you are

take a good look
yeah take a good look
take a good fucking look
yeah take a good long look

My Resurrection

see there's this feeling i get
when i think of you
i don't know what it is yet
but i think i have a clue

you crawl into my eyes
you sink into my heart
you make my soul arise
in my life you play a part

and i'm so much more with you
now i know what my world is coming to
happiness is no longer a fading dream
i finally have something worth remembering

you take me apart
you dissect my mind
you steal my heart
and it's so kind

you can have all this
it's all yours for you to keep
my life my soul my kiss
our blood runs so deep

and i'm so much more with you
now i know what my world is coming to
happiness is no longer a fading dream
i finally have something worth remembering

so please take care of this
it's all that i have left
i know you can handle it
you've always been the best

so you're my wealth
i'm all yours (in case you couldn't tell)
through sickness and in health
through heaven and hell

and i'm so much more with you
now i know what my world is coming to
happiness is no longer a fading dream
i finally have something worth remembering

you are my resurrection

Spaced

get away from me
you're just like all the rest
can't take you right now
i'm jumping out of my flesh

it's making me itch
shaken to my core
gotta swallow it all
yeah daddy wants more

something dark inside
it gets deep and down
why is it part of me
i don't want it around

sometimes i wish i were...
spaced

it tears me apart
rubs me rough
shakes me down
fucks me up

this is the way it is
this isn't counterfeit
when you're anxious like this
should you just swallow it

something dark inside
it gets deep and down
why is it part of me
i don't want it around

sometimes i wish i were...
i'm gonna space my whole world out

i'm gonna space my whole world out

i'm gonna space my whole world out...

i don't want a part in this

Everything Else

well this world and me
yeah we're divorces
we never had a chance
a chance of belonging

i tried so hard to make it
tried so hard to make it work
but everything fell apart
and now we're strangers

what if you were on your own
could you make it through
would you be strong enough
or would it collapse in on you

see the longer we're apart
the stronger i grow
we're not meant to be
and the better off i am without you

the loneliness got me so far
made me all hard inside
indifferent to the rest
and i don't care much

what if you were on your own
could you make it through
would you be strong enough
or would it collapse in on you

see now that i've made it
now i can see right through
i don't need the rest
and the rest doesn't need me

i no longer burrow deep down
yeah i'm up above
i'm out and armored
and i can survive it all

what if you were on your own
could you make it through
would you be strong enough
or would it collapse in on you

are you strong
are you gone
are you fit
can you make it

Ol' Blue Eyes

My first attempt at photo editing.

Drop Dead Gorgeous

you haunt me like a succubus
can't you see i don't need this
just leave me be
i can't have it

i blow you off hard core
you keep coming back for more
your life isn't worth living
yeah your life isn't worth living for

i hope you drop dead
drop dead gorgeous
leave my life
leave yours too

why do you have to be so
so damn beautiful
if you weren't so hott
this would all be null

yet there you are
you temptress you little tart
don't you see
you smash my heart apart

i hope you drop dead
drop dead gorgeous
leave my life
leave yours too

you're beyond repair

Shoot Me

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The Proposition

open your ears i've got a little secret
and i'm not staring at the sun
if i tell you would you be happy
i'll whisper to you then i'll run

there is a shelter from storm
a special place where you reside
it's where i keep my love letters
it is locked up deep down inside

things may have changed
but on my sleeve is my heart
if you want it it's all yours
there could be a brand new start

Without

maybe i could pull it all together
if i could just stop shaking
i don't want another
this whole thing keeps making
me collapse inside

all i want is to feel whole again
i used to be so big and strong
but that was way back then
now i'm lucky to just get along
with myself

i can't outrun this so i just sleep
escaping reality they way i like
it all just hurts too deep
if i could gather my will i just might
move along

Somewhere Warm

i fall into the hearth
kindling me inside
it's no longer dark
i don't have to hide

this feels just like home
this is where i belong
best thing i have known
it all comes on so strong

stars explode in the night
my negatives develop
my insides all alight
i am enveloped

my umbrella in the rain
shields me from my sadness
there's no such thing as pain
wretchedness or madness

and i feel so safe right here
my soul no longer dead
absent is my fear
nothing more needs said

What Remains

realization has occurred
something is just not right
about what i have offered
even though i'm different now
i feel just the same
wrenched up all inside
my feelings are so tame

i can't bring myself to crawl out
all there is is my doubt
but i have nothing left inside
it's all run dry

what i can't express i deny
it's the truth, i confess to myself
sometimes i'm so alone i could die
you don't know what it's like
to feel this closed off, all torn apart
here i go again
building up a callous heart

i can't bring myself to crawl out
all there is is my doubt
but i have nothing left inside
it's all run dry

what is left for someone like me
is there hope in the distance
or will i never be free
this whole thing sucks my soul
trying to fill up all the cracks
can i glue this back together
or will it always last

i can't bring myself to crawl out
all there is is my doubt
but i have nothing left inside
it's all run dry