Tick

This moment of clarity
Pulled the skin back from my eyes
My bonds are broken
But they will once again be retied

Cities burn before me
And only shadows that lurk behind these eyes
Will ever serve to remind me
I once loved those I now despise

I tore the lips right from my face
I'm so tired of pleading
At least now I can pretend I'm smiling

I spit the heart right from my chest
I couldn't stop the bleeding
Gouge out my eyes, I will cry no more

This flesh is cold
And I feel nothing
Without what's within
I am only suffering

Life crumbles around me
The earth recoils from each footfall
I stand for nothing
At least then I've nowhere to fall

Life scattered and lost
Cast like stones from my blood-stained hands
Like a maggot buried deep within shit
I am hatred in the shell of a man

This flesh is a tomb
Its bare walls will echo
With the blood of this world
Yet I remain hollow