My canvas skin is a simple freedom  
Ink infused with individual wisdom
An image important enough to save in Ink
The artist skill flows with ease
Now my thoughts and memories have a place to rest
Infinity and vividly they lie on skin
Aging and breathing alongside the man within.

It's here I sit, looking at beauty's start
Yet here, I laugh at my bewildered heart
Her eyes match that of starry skies
Feelings for her greater than family ties
If I lost this there will be a great demise
  
Set sail amongst troubled sea's ,this boat corroding
Against the oceans heaves, my will is being broken
For my words lack the skill of spoken
And this ship is going down, In lieu of a captain
Neither, took lead of this troubled vessel
My mission is now to end this situation deemed stressful
  
  
Now, to her I am god yet, strange and unfamiliar
To me, I am a goblin, beautiful and familiar
It's a shame I have to end this, Now the darkness begins to overcome her
I now live in a world of undetermined reality
I apologize for my obscenity and crassness
I lay her down to sleep, For I am a prisoner in this madness
I am the warden in this madness
I lost all sense of what is real
I gave up all sense of what is real
And now, I lay her down to sleep.

These land beings are nothing to me
So I set sail on the endless ocean
I feel alive amongst the breeze and waves
I am no longer an economic slave
Amongst the breeze and waves

I live in a city on the river
Beautiful scenery, colourful people
In this city on the river
Frigid winter's, unstable summers
In this city on the river
  
A gorgeous villain
Is this city on the river  
Kidnapping the young
Trapping them forever
In this city on the river
  
Only a few escape
This city on the river
Promises of wealth
Habitants with perfect health
But cease to live
In this city on the river.

Where in the darkness lies my sanity?
Old man said to look inside of me
Ha! A well intention suggestion
But surely you can't be serious
Old man
It's inside that frightens me
For that is where the Grim dwells
Attempting to navigate those caverns,
Leaves most delirious
Old man, where do you get the nerve
Teaching lesson's you've failed yourself?
For you were young once
Before you attempted to look within
Before you were taken by the Grim.

I've loved and lived and lost it all
My voice never carried through that wire
Telling you that I'm okay, That I didn't fall
The battle wages on, I surrendered to the fire
Watching over you now, I'll await the hallucinations that transpire
I'll be watching over you as you grow and age
I'll be the wind that overturns your page
I gave my life for my country
So do not cry for me because I did not die

I am a nighttime dreamer.
It's then my mind flickers on
And everything is clearer
But a nighttime dreamer
Has it all wrong
For a nighttime dreamer
Lacks the day time song
It's the day time dreamers
That are the lucky ones
The dreams they see in light
Can be made true  
With the slightest of might
But I am a nighttime dreamer
And what I see at night
Is gone by the light.