Thick Skin

The fog has been lifted and your silhouette has faded away I see you now, for who you really are and I must say That I had a feeling all along That I knew what was coming so I had to be strong I braced myself as I fell Into a burning pit of hell I wish you would have been honest, and came right out with it But now I look like a fool, cause I went along with it You pulled the wool over my eyes and spoke such sweet words Each one revealing a little more about the truth, little passwords Secrets, bread crumbs that you had left behind to torture me with Make me chase you down and give me someone I’d never catch up with I guess that the lies really were what I thought And I suppose that for believing this would work I deserved what I got But I’m going to stand up, I won’t let this break me I won’t let what you have put me through destroy me You are lost in a tangled mess, but I have found the end of the string I unraveled this little mystery and left you searching Searching for an answer, b...

A beautiful soul struggling behind closed doors Tied up in circumstance hidden beneath the floorboards People stepping on her, walking on her heart Leaving a bloody trail of memories, tearing her apart From her reality and her imagination, left to question what is real Looks down to see her clothes stained with blood Her hands will never be clean of the unexpected A dark shadow looms overhead as if to mock her happiness A phantom of the night, seeking hold of every tear and every inch of sadness And spreading it like an epidemic throughout her body Aches and pains causing her to fall to her knees in unbearable agony The weight of the world is too big of a burden to carry on her shoulders To drag along with the chains that cling to her clothes like beggars Begging her to let them drag her down into the dark Where razors and pills and endless nights have made their mark An angel of death, she beats her wings to an eerie tune Stirring up the ashes of the dead, bursting out of her cocoon S...