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Sitting on this bench with a mask on my face Wondering why I'm in such a desolate place The cars rush past, and the traffic lights change From morning to the afternoon everyday it's the same Recently it seems I prefer anonymity With a skull half-mask in position And nothing but silence around me Stuck in my head The one place that I dread When thoughts beckon me And my eyes fail to see Surrounding me, lies the darkness So bland yet so beautiful in all its' starkness If I'm being honest I prefer to hear the sound rather than silence Welcome to my life Where the light reflection from a knife Can hold me captivated Ensnares me, holds my gaze Completely and utterly fixated Where the flickering flames of fire Make me want to click the lighter And make my own little pyre And watch it at my minds desire In the midst of night Where smoke rises in uncertain light And quells my urge to fight And encourages my desire to take flight I can be so easily captivated.... So easily fixated... Upon the simple things Surrounding me, lies the darkness So bland yet so beautiful in all its' starkness If I'm being honest I prefer to hear the sound rather than silence Surrounding me, lies the darkness So bland yet so beautiful in all its' starkness If I'm being honest I prefer to hear the sound rather than This screaming silence
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Mar 30, 2016
Mar 30, 2016 at 5:10 AM UTC
Screaming Silence
Sitting on this bench with a mask on my face Wondering why I'm in such a desolate place The cars rush past, and the traffic lights change From morning to the afternoon everyday it's the same Recently it seems I prefer anonymity With a skull half-mask in position And nothing but silence around me Stuck in my head The one place that I dread When thoughts beckon me And my eyes fail to see Surrounding me, lies the darkness So bland yet so beautiful in all its' starkness If I'm being honest I prefer to hear the sound rather than silence Welcome to my life Where the light reflection from a knife Can hold me captivated Ensnares me, holds my gaze Completely and utterly fixated Where the flickering flames of fire Make me want to click the lighter And make my own little pyre And watch it at my minds desire In the midst of night Where smoke rises in uncertain light And quells my urge to fight And encourages my desire to take flight I can be so easily captivated.... So easily fixated... Upon the simple things Surrounding me, lies the darkness So bland yet so beautiful in all its' starkness If I'm being honest I prefer to hear the sound rather than silence Surrounding me, lies the darkness So bland yet so beautiful in all its' starkness If I'm being honest I prefer to hear the sound rather than This screaming silence
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Mar 30, 2016
Mar 30, 2016 at 5:10 AM UTC
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