Listing reasons for breathing,
Why my heart should keep beating,
It all comes down to you.
You're the reason I put the pills down
You're my anchor, my heart, and my truth.
If I could save you from the world, I would, and I've tried,
I'm protecting You from me every time that I lie.
Because you can't see the bottle, the smoke or the scars,
I'm filled up with monsters, and you can't know what they are.
Binging and purging, starving and carving sin into my skin.
If I hurt me I hurt you,
I live to hear you laugh.
I know you could make it all alone,
But you don't have to do it on your own.
And even if I die tonight
In the end you'll be alright,
You'll hear fire, tearing through the air
big brother don't be scared.
Know the sound of your sister's soul,
Know that the monsters swallowed her whole
You're the strongest man I've ever known
I know your smile better than I know my own
And when I'm only ashes in the air
Remember that I'm always there.

And she ran
Hoping that her crime
May be forgotten
But by the time she made it home
Her twisted grin was rotten
They tied her up, skin against stake
They lit up the flames
They watched her scream and shake
They had forgotten that it was all a game

Can you feel the electricity between our hands?
Daring them to touch
To give in
It's a challenge
Its a question of sin
Almost like a test
I have nothing to lose
I don't even have you
I can feel the churning of your mind
Ideas being analyzed
Inspiration squeezed dry
Imagine if we touched,
Danced,
Loved,
The sparks that could fly
Our dreams would never die,
But you left
You walked away
Leaving me with a smile
At what could have been,
Still on my face

For emptiness,
Or maybe lack of a better word.
I still look at your pictures
I need to be a little more like you
For envy,
I can't wish you well
I don't want you to win
Though I imagine you still do
For pity
I sometimes wonder if you realize
What it is to be truly alive
But who am I to show you?

Breathe with me now
Let your worries melt
In the rays of sunlight hitting your face
Illuminating
Your shoulders drop
The wind plays with your hair
Twisting
Tangling
Touching
Skimming your skin
You hear the whispers
No one else could understand
Your lungs fill
Feel their tension
Release the breath
Along with all discomfort
Through your closed eyes
See the shadows of a cloud pass
Across the sky
Laugh
Hear it echo around you
Leaving the trace of a smile on your face
Stay while it disappears into the air
The breeze carrying it on
Taste the sweet summer
Let it roll around your mouth
Purified
Breathe with me now

I’m lost
It’s 8oclock
the sand beneath my feet slowly rising to my brain
speeding up my pace
I can’t help but feel responsible
Because I let you believe
that you were half broken

The car breaks down
and the window’s still shattered
I lose your touch as we drown
Sending peals of laughter
through the atmosphere
Did they find you?
Or are you still in hiding
Breathing in the embers
feeling your way through
before anyone else could get to you
and leave an impression
Like the hand prints on the sidewalk
grasping for some form of immortality,
you were some kind of magic

You held my face so I couldn’t look away
Your words so achingly innocent
I couldn’t help but believe you
Nothing was more real than your dreams
Following the streets
We look for change
But never kept our inspiration
The lights had dimmed over time
It’s a ****** lullaby
Losing yourself to the wings of desire
You’ve lost your concentration
You’re losing your subtle charms
Looking through your imagination like a kaleidoscope
Mixing and matching the world
So real it kills your senses
Ends the devotion flashing in your eye
The skin of the drum
Pounding to keep you alive
You’re waiting to forget
The devastation of your last cigarette
The flooding of an argument
Against my reason
These are the nightmares
That you wouldn’t believe