I think deep down you know.
You drink me down
Like tequila shots
And get drunk on my chemistry.

Darling,
I can't love you.
I'll pretend.
I'll make art with my words,
My body will be your sanctuary.
When the world hurts you,
I'll kiss every cut and bruise
Until they become beautiful scars.
In my arms
I'll make you king.

But I wear your adoration
As a blanket
To smother my fire for another.  
It never goes out.
You make the flame bearable,
A comfortable warmth,
Not raging destruction.
You make it possible to love him.

Do you feel used?
You are.

I'm poison.
I'll swim through your veins,
I'll bind with every inch of you
And alter your perceptions.
Maybe you'll see things,
Maybe you'll see yourself the way I would see you
If only I could.

I'll destroy you.
And still you inhale my smoke and guns.
The hangover will hit,
Things will be worse,
Because I wanted to help,
And it only let me sink deeper
Into your skin.
I'm deceptive like that.

I can't say I'm sorry.
It'd be an apology
From a parasite.
To survive
I act as medicine
While I sign your death.
I care about you,
Only to sustain
So I can keep consuming.

And only when I'm cashed,
Will my ashes whisper,
I'm poison.