He knew it was only she
whom he could possibly love

He turned towards the darkness,
ran from the sun

For it was in loneliness
where he could hide his pain

That love was a trend
he could never feel again

And it was his love to give
that was the passing trend

For he had grown fond,
loneliness was his friend

The voices aren't around much
Haven’t been for awhile
Now it’s just noise
Like static in my head

You’d think that’d be better
‘At least I’m half-way sane’
But it is detrimental
It tears away at me inside

It never ends

Oh, it has its moments
When I think that all is quite
But the most minuscule of things
Causes chaos in my brain  

I can’t control it either
It just goes on and off
And thoughts that it brings on
Well, they’re a breed of their own

And it just keeps coming
*Until I satisfy its needs

A single spark
Brought about in the dark
Sprung to life
Bringing me light

The heat upon my skin
And the flames burning bright
All through the night
While the stars in the sky keep turning

My home, so safe
Brought to soot and ash
Smoldering in rubble
By a great serpent from the north

Death from above
Wings of fright
All around me fire
Smoke in the wind

As I flee for my life
I turn towards the wreckage
And all that remains,
A flame in the night…

Allow me to open up my mind
For it will only take a moment
Just a second of your time

To spin a tale
Of woe and love
That I know all too well

For you see
This mind of mine
It’s really quite special
But you really wouldn't know it
For it’s not safe for me to show it

For life
For love
For death
For blood

It’s really all the same to me
And I can’t ignore my sinister deed
I hear it calling

Beckoning...

Just for one quick *killing

All around there is hope
All around there is pain

All around sits a world
Full of decent people

All around sits a world
Full of murderous fiends

And what is it to me?
This world that I can see

This world of love and hate
Life and death
Of unbeknownst fate

Of the rich and the poor
The elite
The meek

All the same
but never knowing

What a shame

I'm merely an observer
And these are the things I've seen

Sent away from the familiar
To a place where the different are trapped
And those who are sane
Quickly fall prey to madness

“You can’t leave here”
“No you’re stuck”
“Oh you’ll be leaving soon”
“No, you have to stay”

The games they played
Took their toll
And soon I became
*A damaged soul

Liquid pain
Liquid hope
Without perspective
It’s all the same

It takes both these things to feel
It takes both these things to live
You can’t have one without the other

Too much hope
Then life becomes a dream
Almost coming true
But never within reach

Too much pain
And your soul begins to wither away
Casting you into madness
Fading into dust