I
      planted  
                 the
                       seed

*Blossoming into a deadly poison vine

Close enough to see, yet too far to reach
Like a reflection in still waters, serene
As I touch my fingertips to the surface, the ripples carry your face to the other side of the ocean
Delivering it to a place far across torrential seas and violent skies
Though these waters seem to be the embodiment of an unbreakable barrier
I feel comfort knowing you're there, existing in a place I can not yet see
I would willfully tread this treacherous expanse to feel your smile, to look once into your eyes
Before the tide carries away me into the sky

reaching towards my reflection
       my embrace
             cannot
                  extend
                       far
                          enough

An ugly little toy doll
Sits in the corner watching, waiting
for you to come play
Brush her hair, clean her pain

She's waiting for you to come and play
Show her the monsters deep inside her soul
And tell her they'll consume her whole
If she doesn't come and play
Come and play

A pretty little toy doll
Sits in the sun smiling with a song
waiting for you to come say
I'll never paint your smile black

She's waiting for you to come and play
Show her the monsters deep inside her soul
Tell her they'll consume her whole
She's afraid to die slow
Come and play

An ugly little toy doll
sits in the corner watching, waiting
For you to come play
Rip out her hair, tell her she is your pain
Come and play

Realization
                         just  
                                        struck.
It
        will
                         be
                                         alright.
Many
                         tiny
                                          lights.

Life
         is
                the
                        dream
We
             create
Come
             sleep
                       with
                                   me

Trapped inside my mind, I’ve been a prisoner all this time
Our faces are made of glass and none of the reflections are mine
And we’re still living our lives as I watch the echoes of our dreams
Shatter against the mountains of our will
Nothing is ever as it seems
We all hide from our dreams

What am I
Try as I might
I cannot find where they left the light

Faces painted black and white but all the colors bleed
We’re having a masquerade won’t you come and see
All the pretty masks they hide what we can’t understand
They hide the monsters inside from all we have planned
We are never as we seem
We will always hide from our dreams

What am I
Try as I might
I cannot find where they left the light
I will paint my face black and white
As I watch the colors bleed into me

You didn’t burn the bridge but you shut down all the roads
And I can’t pay the toll, it’s starting to get cold
I’m in way over my head here and the wheel keeps spinning my dear, the heat is growing stronger, can I hold on any longer
The days keep coming, the nights are long, gas and fire alone are safe yet I await the flames

Watching and waiting, there’s so much more than meets the eye
But no one is talking and no one wants to say why
We take our deepest cut and rip it open time after time

We’ve taken every path, been down every road
Somewhere along the way we lost our souls
You’re in way over your head here and the wheel keeps spinning my dear, the heat is growing stronger, can we hold on any longer
The days crawl by our tears, and the nights bring fear, gas and fire alone are safe yet we await the flames

Watching and waiting, there’s so much more than meets the eye
But no one is talking and no one wants to say why
We take our deepest cut and rip it open time after time
Curse the devil or praise your Gods, in our hearts we vilify all that makes us feel alive
Our downfall, blame the star and the skies
Take a match, toss it in the gas as we watch our world burn