Nocturnalisms

5 - Nocturnalisms

I keep myself nocturnal,

Not turning into any kind of animal

Just a wild creature all the same

It's just the forest and the game

I keep surrender in my back pocket

Next to a flask of whiskey that I

stole from my father

Not that he would blame me,

He never even named me

I fire off white light,

But I would bend to the nighttime,

Never make it in my own life

Always chasing on the next high

Words might mean more to me

Than they do to you,

A nocturnal animal is one that

Survived the hell they put me through

All of the hiding, it's because of the hunt

And if they haven't chased you,

Then you don't know enough to judge

And you don't know,

Enough is never enough,

Especially when you're high-strung

They get a reaction just once

And in a matter of seconds,

You're fucking done

Because it's like they're hyenas

And they're smellin' the blood,

You best believe I'm fucked,

I had to be the one

Thought I had lived enough,

To fucking know the score

So if you're asking questions,

You should ask some more

Like am I seeing the lines

Between what was mine

And what they thought was theirs?

And am I over the line?

And maybe do I bite?

Yeah fucking right,

You best believe that

Imma get what's mine

I came to fight

I came prepared

Vampire if you're unaware,

Fucking hysterical and I don't care

Alien, invasion,

Heart pounding, palpitating

Lungs are growing,

Saints forsaken

I was never for the taking

Next time, strike first

I'm prepared to do my worst