Judged: Guilty
Slowly you descend into your sleepy make believe
Make believe that had a heart that seems to breathe
Trudging through the undergrowth, through the marsh
You wonder how you can create conditions so harsh
Eyes that bleed for you watch strictly from afar
Struggle through air like smoke and water like tar
Your own feet betray your wishes as you plough onwards
Taking you on a trail that leads you anywhere but forwards
Lost in a clear blue sky, scared of the fear you try to hide
You should know better than to mess with the tide
To play with fate is to tie the knot on your noose
But don't worry the knot is tied but the loop is loose
Let it not be known that he bargained once again
This time he asked for no pleasure, treasure or fame
Just one more chance for something you threw away
He gave his eyes for you to live again, to die another day
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Hindered By Water, Helped By Waves
You hold me steady in these tormented waters
Your eyes an anchor for dangerous emotions that rise
Hold me stable as the wicked wind slowly slaughters
All I hold close and I watch as they accept their demise
The wreckage around me both floating and drowned
Allow little reprieve from the facts that now burn into my mind
The hope of the foolish and despair of the old now surround
Me like the blanket that I embrace as my vision goes blind
To wake in the warmth, to wake to this world is unexpected
From the water that once caressed my body so determined
To rip through my skin and squeeze my lungs till my soul was accepted
Controls my destiny no longer as it rages against the burnt sand it's conserved in
Its fury cant be felt any longer as my feet float across a solid floor
And I have you to thank for that, be you illusion or solid flesh
For they tell me no man could hold such features as those I saw
A being out of a fantasy, strong tail and gills to allow underwater breath
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Stay With Me
Listen to the waves as I let them take it all away
Goodbye to you, this is the last line I'll say
Because all these trials they're just too much
I no longer feel the warmth of your loving touch
One mistake they make, it's a chance I'll take
I once again want to be in your arms when I fall awake
So I'll follow the clues they missed and watch their moves
And show you a truth those in black and white couldn't prove
You tell me that what I do isn't the right way to let it go
A memory of a time where I thought I should know
You shake your head and I take a pill, let the ghost lay
Because this blooded hope in my arms is the word I say
Walk silent, fallen into the shadows, please stay with me
They beg me to let them be, but I can't ignore the red I see
‘I'm scared don't let the red blood flow, don't make me go'
Sweet memories repeat in my mind as they die so slow
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