Amnesia

You hold my hand and I fight the tears
Not because of you but of my fear
A fear so primal it's tearing me apart
Now we're right back to the start
You look into my eyes and say my name
My cheeks are burning with all this shame
I can't keep close contact with you anymore
I let my eyes fall to the bright white floor
Is this how it's going to be from now on?
Is that life really so long gone?
I want to look at your face a recognise those eyes
And be able to name my family ties
But they say I locked it deep within
And now I can't even point out my own kin
So tell me, if you are who you say you are
Tell me of our life so far
Because I need to know if you can deal with me
And not the person I may no longer be
Or am I not the one you called lover
And now are you going to look for another

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Tyrant

You build your domain with such power
Bit by bit until you're finishing your last tower
Strength fed by determination as destructive as fire
As you force this world to reach higher and higher

Your people, they cower in the horrors you've built
You pave over nature until even the sturdiest flowers wilt
Still you search for a source that can keep the rebels in check
Treating the helpless like worthless little specks

What happened to compassion, to the people who care?
They hang low at the gallows or sit in cells world stripped bare
Mingling with criminals as their mind becomes a play thing
Staying silent as the grave, listen as the old robin sings

So watch close my dear little tyrant of eras long past
Watch as you reign crumbles the people free at last
Don't worry though, your memory will continue to live on
Remembered for the injustice and all who you have wronged

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Ash

I would love to play with that fire in your eyes
But sadly my hopes are your own demise
Because I kissed that dearly possessive vampire
I would tell you to regret the day you call me a liar

Those lips, they were oh so distracting
Couldn't help my body from reacting
Broken skin, clear and starved for attention
Life plays out like a bloody movie convention

Beastly movements, contorted smile
Seems there is only one in denial
And I can tell you now that one isn't me
Because I see my life so much more free

So tell me know little mortal man
Just how you're going to say you can
Little claws at which you laughed and smirked
Now strip your bones to discarded ash and dirt

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Insecurity

Sometimes I sit here and think
That all this will disappear if I so much as blink
Maybe I'm paranoid; you know I think this is something we should avoid
But I know that neither of will be able to sleep annoyed

You let me slip into a sense of security
Let me believe this sense of insecurity will fade with maturity
But I still fear after all these years that you hold most power
And I'm just an accessory, a fragile little flower

So maybe yes, I do these little things to test you
Pushing my boundaries to discover something new
And I know you knew about my challenging past
Just another reason for me to believe you've found better at last

I know they tell me I shouldn't let my shadow haunt me
But I fear that if I let my shadow go I'll be vulnerable for them to see
And I won't let my memories repeat even if it leaves me alone
I won't take another's future just so I can call you my home

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Sirens Sweet Song

I'm falling, falling so fast
Through a memory not long past
The feeling is raw, daggers galore
As they rip through my mind like a blade
Catch me I beg, no more to be said
As I tumble through night into day
Yet still you refuse, force me to choose
My own bloody path, lessened by wrath
Of a dream that hides my decay
I beg and I plead but no less do I bleed
From choices you've already made
So tell me my heart is this just the start
Of the emotions in which idiots wade
For I held on so tight but gave up the fight
When you failed to hide the remains
A lust driven act, can't hide the fact
The betrayal you committed that night
In the house no longer a home
You definitely weren't alone
In the room that we shared, you no longer cared

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Dont Judge!

Hey have you ever thought
Look at her she’s so fake
Well maybe that’s why she’s distraught
Maybe she is trying to hide her mistake

The next time you look and say
Look at him he is pathetic, so mild
See his bruises, the ones they gave today
Tell me then that he is like a useless child

Well you see that girl with killer heels
The one that acts so loose
Well she hasn’t got a good deal
She goes home to her mother’s abuse

You know nothing about the kid
But see only the acts he commits
Don’t see the father from which he hid
Nor the scar from his father’s drunken fits

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Wise Fool

You my dear are such a fool
You say this is wrong, so is that
Yet you make human feelings a tool
You control them with fear such a wise rat

But you never thought
That although you have fear
There are others that have been taught
And into your heart we will peer

You are deaf, listen to no-one
And care only for yourself
Do you truly think this war you have won?
You are a human yet you show the devil itself

Your power is a double-edged sword
It will never totally bend to your will
You can see you sanity, a broken cord
Now this wise fool is made to kill

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The Pain You Cause

Don’t you see it’s unfair so mean
To split a child’s peaceful family so
Have anger at what our world has been
But never kill; never commit an act so low

No excuse for the endless lives lost
No justice can ever be too much
Because you need to understand the cost
The tears and despair that was left by your touch

But you still act mighty and high
Though people suffer by your act
You make this the last goodbye
Because of the humanity you lack

Don’t you hear the screams and cries?
The terror, despair as you topple this tower
But you know not the person who dies
Do you think that gives you right to this power?

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Demise

Im cold and im afraid, but I don't know from what
Im broken and destroyed by something I forgot
I told the truth but all they heard was cries
What has led me to this painful demise?

I don't care if you take me apart or fix me again
All I know is I forgot, was it for me or for them?
I ask you to colour in these snow white walls
Help me stay standing when insanity calls

I take a step forward and get pushed back two
The only one I really remember would be you
Every time I… what do they call it? Relapse?
Yours are the memories that prevent my collapse

Are you happy to know that I am so nearly yours?
That I am so close to following you without a pause
This sense of control in this relationship made you high
You believe you have me broken with one last try

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Imperfectly Sane

The worlds painted in so many different tones
The skin doesn't fit these changing bones
You're on your feet but feel like you're kneeling
Do you know that awful feeling?

You see what they are, how they act
And you think 'that's what I lacked'
So you try to mould into their life
Cut old habits with that cold knife

But still you feel like you're not quite there
Like you're the only on that breathes this air
And you feel imperfect, you feel so lost
So you destroy your heart to pay that cost

You find things easy now you have their dreams
And everything is so perfect or so it seems
But you don't care for different anymore
Without a thought you abide the law

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