Age Old Eros

I hope to god that you're not listening
I open doors but all perception needs a limelight
I hope my burning was a pleasurable experience
I'd laugh at your confusion if I didn't love you right

I know your black heart
I watched it turn on me as well
I never thought that I would leave myself
A blind and withered will
I've seen your true cards
I'd always try it all again
I know that underneath the marionette
You're warmer than the rest

I hope you find yourself advantaged
I hope the tendrils all around give up
And leave her alone
I know the weight you hold is endless
I'd never try to further break a rock of
Already shattered stone

You loved my blue heart
But you twisted all my blood around
I never thought I'd lead myself up to the altar
Just to drown
Maybe there's a dark art
The kind that cruel possession is
Those simple-minded rules were never meant
For fools like you and me
I never test love
I see it all in one dissolve
Maybe I'm a crude man
But maybe one day I will find resolve

I know it's never all for nothing
Any deeper meaning, life lesson, or high truth
Seems to pale
Incanted bones of red thread
A dime a dozen factory line
I know it's you that I would choose to pass the time

Honey it's age old
Don't think she don't miss you as well
Unrequited, tied, or jilted
True or false
I know it very well
I know the time holds
I know I saw space in her eyes
I know that what I feel is what
I need to learn to leave behind

I heard the mute say
And it's the whole reason she prays
The human heart
The oldest organized religion
And the blind man wrote
And it's the whole reason I don't
The circle lies of life
Will always lead to vision

Honey it's age old
Don't think I don't miss you as well
Unrequited, tied, or jilted
True or false
I know it very well
I know the time holds
I know I saw verse in his eyes
I know that what I was is what
I need to learn to leave behind