Love Like Lead

I'll use the knife that's in my back to carve a smile on my face

I'll soak my wounds in bleach to cleanse my flesh of this disgrace

Inhale the lies she breathes to me that tear my lungs apart

And throw away the antidote to cure this broken heart

These wings are clipped & ankles chained to stay forever bound

As she rapes me of my sanity, my voice cannot be found

She's taken all she can from me, but still returns for more

A garden rich that flourished once is now a garden poor

Her fingernails are wearing down from clawing at my spine

You're a cancer & you're spreading killing everything that's mine

I could douse myself in gasoline to burn it all away

But in death, you'd seek me out for all the debts I've yet to pay

Your tongue is sharp & slices through my lingering self-doubt

My lips are sewn together so your truths I cannot shout

But when she holds me close & whispers pretty little lies

I ignore my intuition then I fall into her eyes

Blood has boiled over, staining everything that's white

Deceitful dancing with the Devil, she consumed me in one bite

Now the past is tense & everything I thought I knew is dead

I am drowning in your poison from our toxic love like lead