ControlDown to the last part And I've been holding it in, But the effort is futile; I'm not going to win.Control
The only way out is
a steep drop down; Something inside me Wants to touch ground.
Back and forth, swaying And from this angle I can see all the thorns In which I'll be mangled.
There's nothing to do; Restraint is not free. And what I used to control Now controls me.
But a MemoryYou left me waiting in the cold Of midway between love and likeBut a Memory
How was I supposed to know You would take over all my life
Pining for a taste of you And getting nothing but a whisper See your picture in the moon My insides start to blister
With longing, or regret Or both
Didn't used to be romantic But I find myself counting petals Remember our old antics And my heart gets cold as metal
I thought I'd soon be fine again But soon realized I'm in for life I see in the morning, then I lie thinking about you late at nig
Letting GoI walk the world blindly Leave my footprints in the dark My window's tints are darkest But not shatterproof at heart I would have lit a candle Or struck matches for a startLetting Go
But they don't even make a spark
So give me some direction A personal road sign Anything to lead me from This abyss in my mind Or say goodbye to flashbacks Shed your final sweetest tear You'll have to preserve my mark
Cause I'll be gone soon Don't look for things left behind This isn't friendship, it's insane We're causing too much strain Lost a grip o
Siren SongWilder than a hurricane, A screaming, silver sea, Terrifying, fascinating, The storm calls out to me.Siren Song
A seagull's cry is drowned out by The raging water's dance. Two steps forward, one step back; Should I take the chance?
The waves, they whisper in my ear, A mystic siren's song. Moonlight scatters on the surface of The place that I belong.
Diving in the water, I can breathe once more. Now that I think back on it, I don't know what my lungs were for.
Further, deeper in the sea, There's place that I call home.
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