Rift

she reminded me
of you and me and broken
and i was glad
to walk away

she said things
like you to me words spoken
as if you saved them
up to throw away

where did you find the venom?
when did you decide to sting?
who did you see when you looked at me
and said you don't mean anything?

well I don't feel your venom now
and I don't care who you sting
I know what I see when I look at me
Losing you was the start of everything

You

You are safe harbors and still waters
running deep beneath my feet.
Secret keeper. Sworn protector.
Holder of what I want to seek.

I am stony cliffs and angry tides
roaming restless 'gainst your shores.
Holder of weapons. Master of lies.
Losing myself to win the war.


You are reacher. Seeker. Books, ideas, plans.
I am impulse. Instigator. Resolve, action, demands.


You are caution.

Strength.

Home.


I am fury.

Resistance.

Gone.

Madness

whispering madness truth or lie
fear-slick fingers cast the die
beautiful mayhem shiver and cry
trapped in the belly of the beast am I

sorrow slithering scrapes the skin
lunatic, lunatic let me in
blood for thoughts, penny for sin
lunatic, lunatic where have you been?

wandering empty soul to steal
grasping straws for they might heal
welling crimson aches to feel
proof that I might not be real

screaming silence softly seethe
lunatic, lunatic let me breathe
tear it limb from limb and feed
lunatic, lunatic won't you leave?

Depression

Creeping on such
silent feet;
Out of shadows
sink your teeth
into spirit, flesh
and bone;
Hello, beast,
welcome home.

Invisible

Wake me if you can
I don’t want to dream.
Nothing I can say
Will wipe this clean.

The cracks are running deep
Beneath my feet.
I’m losing what I thought
I was meant to keep.

Chorus:
I still love you
Like no one’s loved you.
You are irreplaceable.
I still need to
Hear it from you.
I am not invisible.

I want to reach inside
And touch the ache.
Cut it out of me
And stop this break.

The truth is losing ground
Before my eyes.
I cannot find the words
To make it right.

Chorus:
I still love you
Like no one’s loved you.
You are irreplaceable.
I still need to
Hear it from you.
I am not invisible.

I can’t breathe
Without this pain.
I’ll promise anything
To make it change.

Let me crawl inside
Someone else’s skin.
I might self-destruct
If you don’t let me in.

Chorus:
I still love you
Like no one’s loved you.
You are irreplaceable.
I still need to
Hear it from you.
I am not invisible.

Smoke

my voice whispers
in shades of grey
ghostly vapors
mocking the day
clinging to shadow
in silence I fall
substance-less, I
was never real at all

Down

Fear locks you down with a cold kiss;
Grief is a landmine waiting to shatter you;
Ice is the strength that you swallow down;
It swallows you down.

Barren the view out your window;
Cover your head with ashes and mourn for it;
Once you believed you could stand your ground;
'Til it swallowed you down.

Chorus:
And the heavens are crying but you remain dry;
Cold from the inside;
And everyone's saying it's such a shame;
You are going down.

Hollow the words that fall from you;
Always surprised anyone hears you now;
Rage is the current that drags you down;
It swallows you down.

Lifeless the heart that beats in you;
Keeping your silence lest you begin to scream;
Dark are the days when the lost are found;
And they swallow you down.

Chorus:
And the heavens are crying but you remain dry;
Cold from the inside;
And everyone's saying it's such a shame;
You are going down.

Bridge:
Heaven help you
All alone
It's so much easier
To just let go

Chorus:
And the heavens are crying but you remain dry;
Cold from the inside;
And everyone's saying it's such a shame;
You are going down.

Everyone's saying oh it's such a shame;
You are going down.