That's the Way Love Dies

It starts when you're a kid
hiding in your room trying to forget.
Decide and then assume
that everyone's a threat.
Names go in a book
fire in the eyes.
Flames show in a look
burns a hole right through and out the other side.
days were filled with Shame while my mother cried
I fell into a trap. Been in it ever since
I've seen a lot of things still I'm unconvinced
but I know the devil is real
he's got a pretty voice and plays the pedal steel
he visits me at night when I'm sleeping like a log
I find it hard to breathe. beaten like a dog. death comes from above. nothing underneath.
another one released the number of the beast
staring at the Sun. the need to clear the air everything at once. a little here and there
Love drained my heart dry. that's the way love dies.
tears fall from your eyes. that's the way love dies.
that's the way love dies.
yeah that's the way it goes. the pounding of the drums.
waiting for a train-a train that never comes silence of the Moon. violence of the stars pedal to the floor. the science of the heart picking of the flowers. handing of snakes breaking of the rules. gambling. mistakes the ugly head is reared. I wonder who to call nowhere else to turn, fist goes through a wall
... Acting just like kids.
cutest little girl, knife between the ribs wander in the dark. Pacing in a cage.
removal of her beauty, replacing it with rage.
so much on her mind, probably more than most.
run away from home turn into a ghost. Promise that was made that day was such a joke the whole thing disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Little here and there. Almost overnight. When you look away. Right before your eyes lying in your bed. When you least expect