Your sad eyes awaken a need within me to heal the heart which cries tears poorly hidden by the night rain.
Who left you out in the cold?
Whose harsh hands left those marks upon your skin?
Something in me wants to save you from your chosen fate;
Lean into my protective embrace and I promise you no hurt shall ever visit you again.
We both recognize that lie;
The saviour is nothing more than the precursor to the persecutor,
I would lay you upon a cross we built from your past misfortunes and misdeeds, and the understanding which thinly covers my hate.
Better I offer you nothing now but a friendly smile,
And leave you, alone, cold in the rain, waiting for the man who bruised your face,
I would batter your soul.