I will never forget
That first hot summer day
The day when we first met
I was nervous of course
My first best friend
How was I supposed to know?

The days shot by that summer
We were so young
Running up and down the stairs
Playing in the woods
Innocence and imagination at its best
I wish things had never changed

That day in the woods
After playing with swords and magic
You asked me if I wanted some hard candy
I said thanks but no and you ate yours anyway
We were alone in the middle of the woods
In our fort made of sticks

The sudden **** of your throat scared me
I watched as you gasped for breath
Your eyes were bulging in fear that mirrored mine
We were both so confused
You started flailing your arms around your neck
Then towards me

I couldn’t do anything
I couldn’t do anything but scream
You tried to speak but nothing came out except a gurgle
You started to throw up but nothing came out
I watched your eyes roll back
You fell to your knees
And then you were gone

I sat helpless near you
I cried and begged you to come back
Your face was frozen in pain and sadness
I had to make the journey home alone
I could barely tell your mother what happened
Her tears flood my memory each day

Who knows what it would be like now
If you were still here
What if I had eaten the candy,
That was too sweet for you to resist?
I can’t change what happened
And God knows that I don’t love Him.

What is a home,
if you’re not happy in it?
Sometimes you can’t change what you’ve got.
I know we’re young,
but sometimes
you’ve just gotta change where you’re at.

What is a family,
if everyone is fighting?
Most times people won’t change.
I know we’re young,
but sometimes
you can’t let things stay the same.

What is a friend,
if he’s not there for you?
Sometimes they just don’t show.
I know we’re young,
but sometimes
you have to let them go.

In the middle of the night
I see your face
In the middle of a dream
I see your face
Your face so young, pure, and sincere
Your face so mangled, ******, and lost

In the middle of the night
I scream your name
In the middle of a dream
I scream your name
Your name is horror, fear, and plague
Your name is death, grotesque, and gore

I have no rest after I saw your face
There is no sleep to those who know your name
Death of innocence at such a young age
Witnessed by innocence at such a young age

Innocence out in the water
Take me back to that day
To see the world as I did
Mysterious, pure, safe
Before it was lost in time
Now confined to memory
Fading fast

Innocence lost in the water
The tide of time pulls you out
Struggle to go back to youth
But the years weigh you down
You can’t go back, time presses on
Death waits in the open
You can’t swim forever

Innocence died in the water
Drowned by time and responsibility
Age is a sinking stone we’re all forced to hold
Everyone goes under eventually.

The air is stale and the sky is empty
The earth is barren and dead
The only thing left is the two lovers
They walk hand in hand
They follow the path that leads to nowhere
The man is loyal, loving, and lost in her eyes
He does not notice the death around them
The empty and pointless path before them
So lost in her eyes, he does not see the wall
The wall ahead is forever tall and forever long
The two could never make it over
He is so lost in her eyes that he does not see the blade
The knife that’s been in her hand all along
The knife that she slowly sinks into his chest
He never leaves her eyes
Through the pain
He never leaves her eyes