CLOCKWORK.

❂ STARDUST.

VERSE ONE:
i point fingers before i see my own hands are dipped in red
softer than a heart, brighter than a dress
i spread rumours only to realize in the end,
they were all about myself
the weight of whispers is that they're passed along
the rights and wrongs of this world are too unfair to be judged upon
the laugh i'd hold in, shushed, now brings together crowds for the humiliation
of a young one,
i see myself in every soul i crush
but the pages turn, revealing more and more of what's to come

CHORUS:
you say it happened in recent days,
but it seems like a faraway dream
is it only me who wakes in a sweat
who wishes to forget... everything
my veins are glowing, my shadow floating
oh will the spell still work? it's past midnight
will lonesome still lurk, after friends bid goodbye

VERSE TWO:
they say "you need to open up,"
after sewing my lips shut
is this the 'happy' ending i'd been
looking forward to since the beginning?
they say to chase my dreams
after tying heavy metal anklets 'round my feet
they say to aim for the stars
then cut the veins in my arms
like i'm not made of stardust,
but merely blood

they twist the plans to raid the masses
then say, "give up while you still can."
they jolly walk home with their grins oh-so-savage
sleep in their beds, void of nightmares

(CHORUS)

BRIDGE:
i drive my friends away, a frenzied haze
that covers me head to toe, talks to me face to face

i used to hug my pain goodbye
bidding, "see you another time."
'cause if i'm unforgiven, i'm the spitting image of the lords that i ignored
i'm not made of blood, but stardust

(CHORUS)

OUTRO:
they say to aim for the stars
then cut the veins in my arms
like i'm not made of stardust,
but merely blood