you asked me to explain to you why it is this way
and i trudged through swamps and fought my way through damp jungles
to find this poisonous answer
but I all seemed to discover were the delicate scars dancing up my arms
and the reasons for why I should've just locked you away

you knew the answer all along
it has been hiding with the dirt underneath your fingernails
fabricated throughout the fibers in your bones
shame on me for gazing into your eyes;
seeing vapid intentions, but expecting fertility

i had a dream i was drowning in a pool of black and white
you shone flashlights on me expecting the light to somehow
diminish this infinite night
you stood there, watching my veins overflow
with a lack of oxygen
just as if I were putting on a show

that is not too far from reality
apply the inverse property
calculate it, the answer is actuality
your heart is a machine
and your brain is a pump
it doesn't take the geometric mean
to figure out you were just a speed bump

i warned you about my habit of hating
people are insidious creatures dedicated to breaking
and maybe you should of thought of that before we were dating
then maybe my love for you i would not be forsaking

i opened up to you, you saw all the bruises
the blues, blacks, and reds formed a painting inside
you picked me apart and thought of excuses
but its clear to me i came second to your pride

I'm not an object you can use then dispose
Im a ******* human being
and if you still don't understand that let me propose -
I'm the rose and you're the thorn
you aren't good for my wellbeing

call me bitter and everything in-between
but at least I know what it means to feel
this isn't a play stop putting up a scene
we can all see through your egotistical ordeal

i guess i'm just trying to say
you burnt me to the ground
threw what we had away
but life will grow from ashes, the dust is not bound
and lighting things on fire
that's just child's play
you threw what we had away