Scratches On My Gravestone

| Drowned Ghost of Love |

Boundless possibilities turned to ruin

Since the time in my life when fate threw you in

Polluted and toxic future receded

Love's not obsolete, your heart's all I needed

Gritty heels chased it, wet toes dug in the sand

My loneliness shouldn't have met your demands

The brisk wind of reality touched my face

All I felt were warm thoughts of our last embrace

False hope coruscating under silent waves

Rippling out, they beckoned, then pulled me away

Maybe, but don't trust affection for someone

I love you? Look at this, at what love has done

I see a light, an open door, newness starts

In innocence, ethical fondness departs

An ocean of chances, but all in my head

I adore you, my dear... Is that what you said?

Death's mirage whispers sweet lies into my soul

Mindless, I run under your selfish control

Torrential storms in my core rip out my shame

I live out your story, forget my own name

Poisoned presence sleeps in the new life I've found

Where I'll never stop feeling this awful sound

The noise! Did you hear that? Don't go against fate

This is your punishment, you fool, at this rate-

I LOVE YOUS ARE LOUDER, down here, I feel more

Dark stains of passion rise from the ocean floor

I mistook warning pains as naive heartache

Unrequited feelings, another mistake

I pretend to belong, swim down down down down...

I'm still missing something when you're not around

Held my breath 'cause I loved you, now it's too late

Euphoria filled my despaired lungs with hate

Florid spirit stayed when I gave up my breath

To contemplate the epitome of my death