Once I used to drink
with this girl who told me
we could live on an island
if I never touched her

she had this way with words

sit at the foot of my bed
she said, like a ghost

watching the boat in the cove
lose hope for its shadow

these days she hides
behind the shades
still wanting me to find her

somebody to love.

Silhouettes and shadows
live in your mind
there is no colour
just porous charcoals
swallowed into the void
where the darkness seeps inside
the night is long and dark
and the silence stretches on
for an eternity

Corridors of sorrow
each door opens to the next
closets wide and full
where your misery hangs
a new suit for everyday
you talk in an undertone
muting all supplication
whispering no forgiveness
I am forever in torment

And here lies the devastation
from a time long past
and there is blood on the walls
blood on your hands
you enjoy it's colour
holding it up to the light
it tastes like mine

screams of sadness
echos of tears
shadows of time
if you would only but abandon me
for I am not here
and the shadows..
they are not mine
not mine I tell you
not my shadows
not my blood
please.. don't let them be mine
they cannot be mine...
but they are

I beg of you
let me be
unbind me from your dreams
open your eyes
and see

So silently I lay
among the eggshells
the barbed wire
and the books of memories
but I beg of you
if you would only but unwrite me
then I will be on my way
I will never look back..
I promise

Searching for a way out
I know that I  have died
I know it now
I feel my death
it is in the air
my love
but a festering corpse
my laughter
tolls the end of time
my happiness
an unmarked grave
I lay in Sheol
and in hades you have lain me
but I do not sleep

This is where I reside
and I cannot escape your oblivion
the cage of torment
that you keep me in
you are easily amused

please hear me
just one more time
if you would only but forget me
and let me truly be dead
please
*just let me be

I am a lost soul... so very lost.
falling through the floor boards
slipping through the cracks
through the gap under the door
I silently pass and out into the world
where I float upon the breeze
like a thousand dandelions clocks
with no place to land
and I need you to hold me
to tie me to your hand
to tell me I am here
for I can't see where I am
silent me
invisible me
please paint me yellow
let me have colour in your world
let me have colour
cover me in gossamer
and I will become
and my outline be defined
let me be real to your eyes
let our fingers intertwine
take me home
colour me yellow
show me I am true
and I am yours

I can feel you comin' from a mile away. My pulse starts racing from the words that you say and you don't have a clue. I'm signed, sealed, delivered with a stamp.
     You don't have to try too hard. You already have my heart. You don't have a thing to prove. I'm already into you.
    So...
     Hold me tight, 'cause I'm so good to go. Don't say goodnight. You had me at hello.
      Close you mouth now, don't say a word, 'cause you ain't already heard, plus all of them words get buried when the beats get so loud.
      You don't have to try too hard. You already have my heart. You don't got a thing to prove. I'm already into you.
    So...
     Hold me tight now, 'cause I'm so good to go. Don't say good night. You had me at hello.
    So...
     Hold me tight now, 'cause I'm so good to go. Don't say goodnight, you know you had me at hello.