A favorite memory
I keep locked away
Buried far in the depths
Afraid it might get lost
Eyes closed and slow breathing
Listening to the static rotate off the vinyl
As your fingers ran through my hair
Able to hear the gorgeous tunes of your breaths
Melodies dancing on the folds of my desires
I still hear those breaths every night
As I sleep next to you
I began to love you then
As I love you now
I hope you cherish the memory too
For I have not forgotten with my sins
And they are plenty
But, I promise my love resides
Cast upon notes of vinyl records

The crashing waves
Ripping tides
Ocean's begging for peace of mind
If this is paradise
Why am I burning
With the words you carve through mine
Am I a dead man walking
For I seem to be just talking to myself in the night
And when I'm feeling so low
The clouds won't seem to part like they're made of stone
For your emotions take precedence
Even when I'm bled dry, from being the bad guy

I use to find myself drifting
Feeling like I was lost at sea
Drowning and helpless
Till you threw me a buoy
And pulled me out of the water
Soaking wet and freezing to death
Yet, you sparked the life out of me
Saved my soul, from internal damnation
I was burning and didn't know it
And you burned your hands
To keep me breathing
When the sky rose red
They say a sailor died at sea
Yet, your beautiful light guides me home
Avoiding the depths of the sea
And the dangers of the land

I read our love story
Of lipstick stains
And hands all over the place
Where we both danced all night and day
Neither able to muster what to say
Rushing along like fresh water rivers
As the stars screamed from what they’ve seen
As the world dares to spin
When we’ve demanded stillness
In the mornings we were caught in bed
This is the sound of love
Perfect melodies
Playing off the rhythms in my chest
For you have what I need
My love

And the saddest thing of all
Is what we’ll learn from today
Shall be the losses of yesterday
Thus we’ll begin again tomorrow
Knee deep in the black mass
As the waves sing us to sleep
Where the crashes of the ocean
Caress the folds of our desires
And the thunder lit sky
Tucks us into sleep

Tear me limb from limb
Due to dissonance
Make sure to salt these wounds
Bury me deep in the ground
Where I feel so home
Beneath the stars

I heard the crack in her voice
As she claimed that it ***** that I love you
Yet, you’re so honored
3 A.M. take me home from these catacombs
Caress these brittle bones
Tuck me in, kiss my forehead
Cause my niche is tearing me down
And I hope you’ll be around
To hold me up
When I can’t stand
You’re the one that I call
When all the ones that I trust
Have left me in the dust
For I am like snow in October
Not cold enough to stick
Yet, you’ll always dance in the flurries