These deceiving eyes
They haven't followed me
Instead they've overcome me
Left me standing with my own hand at my throat

Tears wading through the blood
Slicing unintentionally
Cutting myself all the while screaming
Unknown source within me

Deeper than any feeling
Far closer than knowledge
Something as embedded as instinct
Orders my mind

Taking control
While I fade to black
Blurry visions of my past
Even love turns its back

This flame that fills my being with its essence
Could burn through a pouring rain
While it's acidic coat delivers the pain
Straight into the lock that I've always kept sacred
Since the dawn of my existence
But now it's been snatched away by the prickly hands of this fate
And I'm left locked up inside myself

My veins pulsate, yearning to be set free
Every thump that thrusts from my chest cries "death"
My bones burn cold at the thought of darkness
Just let me go

Running it's silhouetted hands along my back
Blowing its icy breath down my spine
I shiver as it reaches my neck
Pain never strays too far away

This burning wind that's inside
Constantly creates a physical illusion
But leaving it's markings on my skin
As the blood drains step by step from my brow

What do you want from me?
Innocence and contentment
Are you to disturb what's well enough alone?

Fear comes with a price to pay
Splitting my organs in two
One by one
Slowly digesting the fluids of my mortality
My one last wish is to see another day

Misty and distant
I call to someone, anyone
For shelter, for a cover
From the rain
From the pain
From myself

A retractable force field that mutates every quarter
Backfires and disperses all of what was supposed to taste good