I'm working towards numbness
and there's nothing you can do.
Darling, don't you see?
There is nothing you can do.
Nothing to lose.

Their cares are misplaced
and nobody sees it.
How long can I sink,
till I'm nothing at all?

Let's make this a challenge
I'll play this same game.
Wishing my life away
I am wishing my whole life away . . .
Desperate for change
and a new circuit home.
Desperate to change before heart turns to stone.

There's nothing they'll miss,
and no words to stand out.
My dear friend, I've become instant.
A fleeting feeling of well-deserved fame,
gone like a lighter . . .
The fire won't stay.

Secluding myself,
inducing my Hell.
The feeling of touch leaves my hands,
I'm thinking alone,
I'll choose to here stand.
No stories to tell,
and the ends of my skin pull numbness whole through.

There's something in the way you ignore me.
I'm craving a rainbow of thought.
Attention is mildly overrated.
Something tells me I am more sold than bought.

Slowing,
slowing,
your voice kills my soul.
Pretending to listen.

my heavy head sinks below
fallen from grace
in rivets and morgue, we're mad, nothing more
this collection of cuttings
as old as the skyline
melted together in pine of refinement
pull me out of the gutter
we'll kick you back down

today wandering streets
I'm just as drunk as the guy who can't stand on his feet
they're casting a spell
I can feel it now, oh, how wonderful
I can still feel it now
electrify my life, darling wrote me a song
these lanterns light fires that summon me nearer
cast out, not a chance
lifted spirits in her witch dance
all those beads on the ground
beckon touch from afar

you're my merry morgue
housing death in your walls
saving Heaven for the demons desiring Hell
red as an apple
white as a ghost
clear as the night moon's reflection on her face

ritual, master, come set your slave free
believe in a burden
believing in me
your grave is reserved
for the day that you'll keel
killed in jealousy and madness
sweet treat for us all
there's no light in dark corners
for your leisurely read
the hearty black aria swims fully ablaze

your heart bleeds for me
your eyes drunk with lust
carry a deadening heartache
on the back of your craft -

I'd like not to see you for days at a time
I can't help my attention to frivolous games
Move away from me now, and pray you'll be fine
You know not of my tedious gatherings
Sense the darkness that leaks from my heart
Feel the anger that pours from my lips
Isn't this the dream you have dreamt of?
Is this not all you have learned to miss?
A few months, at most, and then we shall see
If a man so uncertain can live under thee