Saturday, 5 April 2014

Death/Love

Sometimes I wear a cloak of satin and velvet
Sometimes I maybe naked, with a bow and arrow
But sometimes I wear a cloak darker than the night

I am known to this little child, yet I am to him the biggest mystery
To this old man here, I have brought pain and joy throughout his history
I am celebrated; as celebrated as anything could be
And yet at nights I cry, I weep

For as celebrated as I may be, I get blamed
I get blamed for when two young souls see trust in each other’s eyes
When the clouds get dark and one of them dies
For all the times when there’s betrayal 
It’s me who gets soaked in their tears, when they cry
It’s me who takes the blame, it is I

And so I weep
For I'm feared
Feared more than war is
Forbidden, I'm a young man’s worst nightmares
And a maiden’s curse

One healing hand and other full of daggers
I cut infinite names of my victims on stone walls of sorrow
While the other hand paints beautiful faces I borrow
 For as long as there is the wind, for as long runs time
I run through; crazed; silent, as speechless as a mime
Touching thousands I come across, more subjects to my crime
Running, sweating, shouting and screaming
The horrific sights of smiling faces; gleaming
Black birds follow, and I know what horrors for their future they’re scheming
I'm out of breath for everything’s real, I'm not dreaming

But then I stop
Time is up
And I stop
I can’t go on
Maybe I should just stop, end this
I can’t take it any more; and I know a thousand more that can’t
A thousand more victims that rage and rant
But I wish I could stop, But I can’t

For as long as there is the wind, for as long runs time
Because I know that someone right now is walking out the door and across the street
Because I know that someone is unaware of what fate on the next turn one might meet
And so I’ll move
I’ll keep on moving
Sometimes I wear a cloak of satin and velvet
Sometimes I maybe naked, with a bow and arrow
But tonight goes to all those who despise me; 
Tonight I wear a cloak of white


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