Tears of scarlet run down my face,
I can no longer feel his warm embrace,
Let go of his life now,
Kiss him once more on the brow,

Can I not see he wants to go?

Our hearts were torn through the rough bone,
We are here sitting, silent and alone,
Let me fall into some deep, wretched sleep,
Let my soul be for heaven's keep,

I am nothing without him

Hold him close with his lifeless limbs,
Dangling, while you sing leftover hymns,
Goodnight my darling, Goodbye,
I will always regret hearing you cry.

I've become so tired,
Tired of you always being wired,
Put it down and stop doing this,
Go back to the you that I miss

All your sad addictions,
All your mutilating inflections,

This is the lie you keep on telling,
Too bad I'm not buying what you're selling,
This isn't who you are; it isn't you,
Stop thinking it's what you have to do

You are better than this life,
Stop living it in silly strife

I love you so much,
I love your smile, your touch,
You're so intelligent and smart,
I've seen you and your glass heart,
I know you think you are nothing,
That fear is all you have to bring,
But you've given me a reason to live,
You have so much, so much love to give

You deserve so much more,
So please open one last door,

I am here to help you through your fear,
I have been there, been right where you are,
But I have broken free and come so far,
Darling throw away those useless pills,
They're just how your dealer pays his bills,
He doesn't know that you can be strong,
That together we can right all that is wrong.

My hand lay upon your chest feeling you breathe,
You smell of whiskey and cigarettes,
Whenever you tell me you love me - I believe,
I promise to be there whenever the sun sets

I carry you and set you down on the moist grass,
So jaded yet you sleep like a young child,
Your hands painted red with shattered glass,
But my worries went away when you smiled

Close your glassy eyes and I will protect you,
I will hold you near when the night airs fade,
So precious and yet so vulnerable too,
But when together we are never afraid

I drew you close and silently whispered,
I love with a love that will never be heard.

"Let me see those pretty eyes"
I'M DROWNING IN THIS BLACK ABYSS
"I love it when my darling cries"
HIS OPEN PALM, MY CLENCHED FIST
"Look up at me sweet little girl"
I CAN FEEL MYSELF BECOMING STONE
"Put this on and give it a twirl"
IN HIS DEAD COMPANY, I STAND ALONE

He closes the doors and cracks the windows,
Screaming voices are covered when the wind blows,

I wish to stop but I can never end,
The tearing flesh unable to mend,
Save me lord, for I'd try for myself,
But I chose this, I chose this splintered shelf, ,
I can not fix the past with all the lights off,
I can't gag, can't breath, can't even cough,
My tears have run dry with the river,
Choked my lifeline and made my heart quiver,
I am a play thing that always plays along,
Stuck in this playground I no longer belong.

Cut the rope and let me fall,
Give it away, give it all,
I want nothing to be left,
Take it all and I'll take death

The strength I once had has faded,
There is no pure river in once I waded,
Alone I cry, to loneliness himself,
Stuffed me with cotton, placed me on his shelf,

I am nothing but a spectacle,
My eyes grown lifeless and dull,
I once was strong, patient and proud,
Now chained and stapled,
My voice no longer allowed,

These pictures fall to pieces; they're too heavy to hold,
I can't hang them together when the memories are too old,
The walls crumble around my fragile heart,
Priceless images now fractured art,

Save me, please save me once more,
Hold your foot in the concrete door,
Or leave me to scream in empty silence,
Left to my mind's vicious violence,

Wreck this love,
Wreck this home,
Let me fall,
O please, take it all
I'd rather die this way,
Than continue to crawl another day.