As I lay to sleep tonight,
a thought creeps into my mind:
If unseen disaster were to
take me from my very bed,
I could die with a smile,
for I sleep beside the one I love;
Yet surely that's such a sad thought,
that they've peddled us violence
The bloodstains are all we've known,
staining the expectations of the crowd
We devour the fear and swallow
the swords so the crowd may gasp
Too bad the sword wasn't quite right,
and the crowd can't see the pain
Until it revels before them,
invites them to dance
So we laugh and take Death's hand
as he weaves us through the fog
But who really leads who?
This dance wasn't asked, just forced
A skeletal hand locked in chains
we refuse to let ourselves see
For this is not the fate we were meant,
this overflow of pain and fear
Our demise inches closer, but
surely it wasn't written so
All we dreamed was to fly and be free,
to forget the chains and aching need
To feel the sun in our souls,
burning too close
Refusing to learn from our lessons,
and repeating it all again.
Sep 13, 2025
Sep 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM UTC
As I lay to sleep tonight,
a thought creeps into my mind:
If unseen disaster were to
take me from my very bed,
I could die with a smile,
for I sleep beside the one I love;
Yet surely that's such a sad thought,
that they've peddled us violence
The bloodstains are all we've known,
staining the expectations of the crowd
We devour the fear and swallow
the swords so the crowd may gasp
Too bad the sword wasn't quite right,
and the crowd can't see the pain
Until it revels before them,
invites them to dance
So we laugh and take Death's hand
as he weaves us through the fog
But who really leads who?
This dance wasn't asked, just forced
A skeletal hand locked in chains
we refuse to let ourselves see
For this is not the fate we were meant,
this overflow of pain and fear
Our demise inches closer, but
surely it wasn't written so
All we dreamed was to fly and be free,
to forget the chains and aching need
To feel the sun in our souls,
burning too close
Refusing to learn from our lessons,
and repeating it all again.
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