Blood Wine

We live as we dream – so alone

Taking rich sips, from a glass of blood wine
From within the veins of a heart of darkness - I am confined
I fell from grace just to miss the arms waiting to catch me
I slipped through time and egressed into a forlorn ethos
The lotus I dream is now drenched in rain
No longer of its opulent purple stain
No longer of its opulent purple stain

Wake up

Wake up; wake up – is this but a dream?
Liquidated melancholy flowing inside of me
Pinching at my skin
But still loyal to the nightmare that I'm stuck in

Writing scriptures of hatred about the ones I love -
How is this the person that I've become?

What have I become?

I learned to mourn when I learned to love
A fragile gift on the wings of a dove
The sun is cold, forevermore
I learned to mourn when I learned to love
A fragile gift on the wings of a dove
The sun is cold, forevermore

It is foolish to resist the kiss of death

You swore, you swore!
I was comfortably numb
But break my heart for I held my tongue
I trudged through crimson isles in
Constant envy of your bleeding smiles
And I'll never forgive myself for those futile desires
I was dying of thirst, and you fed me salt
Now the flowers you returned, once vibrant, now rot

You're just a fucking snake, spitting words of venom
Infecting those you love, enraging those who hate you
You're toxic - and alone
You sit upon a serpents throne

... But it's my greatest shame
I'm exactly the same
A wilful player in this devils game

I learned to mourn when I learned to love
A fragile gift on the wings of a dove
The sun is cold, forevermore

We fell apart when we fell in love
Two fragile souls dipped in a glass of blood
The sun is cold, forevermore