You creep around

this gloomy town


I see you everywhere


Invading all our homes and lives

The cause of every tear


You pollute our minds

You put fear in our hearts

Never showing a bit of remorse


Ravaging

Raging

You don't hold back

You take the world by force


But beside the harm you do to us all

There's something I can't get passed

While some see your face every now and again

Others

You cruelly harass


What did my mom ever do to deserve

Your ugly abrasive embrace


You plague her steps

I can see your scars

I can see you on her face


The fastest man can't outrun you

You beast

The strongest can't fight you off

You infest the sick with your repulsive presence

In their beds

In every cough


You're ruthless

You're reckless

And your reach is worldwide

There's not a soul

That can hide


From the moment we're born

Till the moment we're gone

In the shadows

You surly reside


But even if I again feel your grasp

A hundred times worse then ever before

I won't let you manipulate a moment of mine

I won't live in this fear anymore


They can take my breath away slowly

Within you will find no strife

I'll just look you dead in those cold grim eyes

and say

"You never commanded my life"

If I am you

     and you

are me



Why can't

you see all the things that

     I see?



For surely if we were one

like you claim us to be



then my vision must too

    be the vision of you



So then what of this

clear miscommunication



Was the meaning simply lost

due to artless translation



It seems whatever the case

Now I know what is true



Darling, I am me

and lover you

           are you

When I sleep


Everything is just the same


You are still my darlin' dear

And I'm still the boy that's on your brain


When I sleep


Everything still feels alright


You're still smilin' back at me

in my dreams, throughout the night


When I sleep


I can talk to you again


I can ask you how your day was

I can ask you how you've been


When I sleep


I don't question why you left


I don't question where you went

And I don't question your great theft


But when I wake

All the pain

returns

times three


That's why I sleep

And sleep

While I'm asleep,

from this anguish

I am free


When I wake

I see that lonely space

and cry


The place I felt your sweet embrace

in my bed,

where you used to lie

Throw me out

once you are finished


When your interest

has diminished
  

Nothing lasts

and surely love

eventually fades


Throw me out

once you are done


When you're no longer havin' fun

When the day feels like a rerun


Throw

me

out



Cause all I've ever know

is temporary passion


Feelings change


Quicker then

the newest fashion


Throw me out

at first hint

of something better


Throw me out

Like you threw out

those old love letters

All your blessings
they torment me


I hate this
twisted thing
called fate


All this desire
for creation

without the power
to create


If I could have been a singer
If I only had the voice

I'd find my sense of worth
in a melody

If I only had the choice

When I walk
through halls
of painted beauty

There's a thing I cannot stand

I would add to those
glorious galleries

If I had a crafty hand


But what's free will

without
ability


It feels much more like a lie


How do I fulfill
the yearning inside of me

A flightless bird
dreamin' to fly

My ship is sinking

My ship is sinking

And I’ve been thinking

About giving in



Yeh, I’ve been stronger

But that’s not true any longer

Not since my love left me for western waters



She never said goodbye

Hardly gave me a glance, but with a sigh

she said “I think you know what I’m about to do”



And my heart, it then sank low

and the pull from the undertow

brought it deeper and deeper below


Further and farther

into the deep blue



My ship is sinking

My ship is sinking

And I’ve just been drinking


Missing you



What a cruel and crooked god

To toss around the waves


And send the desperate fisherman

to a salty grave



I haven’t seen the sun in weeks

And the storm still rages on


I wonder if the waters will calm

When I’m sunk and gone