There is a place,
in the corner of your eye,
in the shadow of a corner,
I only know now,
It's a place with no honour.

Where are you safe from the shadows?
the night,
where are you safe from the night?
the shade,
these places make the shadows jump in fright.

So we are the Night Shades,
those vibrant flowers,
we will protect you when there's no light,
we will poison the shadows,
alone we will still fight.

When I was a boy,
I was scared of the dark,
the deep endless black,
I am a Night Shade,
isn't it time the dark was scared back?

Potassium is my name,
I'm dangerous in open air,
so they hide me away in shame,
I'm light,
you can cut me,
but I am toxic,
explosive,
and very reactive,
and that's what's brought me to fame,
so if you remember one thing,
just one thing,
remember I burn with a Lilac flame.

I would run one thousand miles,
I would run a few,
if thats what it took to save you,
then that is what I'd do.

But the truth that always scares me,
is I can't save you from your fantasies,
I'm not strong enough,
If your depression becomes reality.

I am training,
In my head I am preparing,
for the day hell is raining,

to be a hero is my dream,
my head is swimming with unlimited lives,
there is so many futures I have seen,

In my head there are no boundaries,
I am the essence of power,
A tormented monster I will always be,

But sometimes all the worlds make a link,
I tense up and my eyes scatter,
The civillians don't know what to think,

maybe my heroic desire to fly,
will meet a cliff face,
and be my means to die.

My friend once said to me,
I like to have a full set of cards,
it makes me feel in control,
I said back,

that's because if you don't have the full set,
you don't know weather it's possible to play the game,
bellow the surface of the deck,
who knows what trouble you might find?

You will always be wondering weather that missing card,
makes you a winner or a loser,
will the queen of hearts have run away,
leaving you to rot?

We may not all want to know what lies deep in the pack,
but to be content,
we have to know,
to know weather the game is worth playing.

A *** in one hand,
some ***** in the other,
a syringe in your top pocket,
and tablets you stole from your brother,
it wouldn't matter your gender or your race,
I would have respected you for your face,
if there wasn't metal hanging from it,
or your body lashed with ******* lace,
and hair dye misused and misplaced,
your stomach hangs out form your top,
your head is so big it's about to pop,
your skinny arms do nothing but stop,
tattoos that make your base drop,
you are the most unattractive of the lot,
yet you are my friend,
so why do I care?

Because I will protect you,
and you will stare,
at my sinless life,
beyond comparison,
with more limited despair.

I would get down on one knee for you,
but instead I get down on two,
I have a greater need for you,
like no other human could.

You can make me weep,
you hinder my sleep,
you have destroyed my appetite for human meat,
at night I clench my pillow and my sheets.

You have a power beyond compare,
it's in the auburn highlights of your hair,
under the surface I've found it there,
and it's disguised by your smooth tinted skin.

There is something there deep inside,
so beautiful i cant describe,
to most it's unreadable in your eyes,
but me I'll love you till I die.

One third brown of the the earth,
two thirds green of the trees,
an amber twist is what I've seen,
you are the lady of my dreams.