haunted here again, week after week
no sleep, 2am, its the same old routine
i am the ends to my own means,
and i know just what I’m doing
make it out alive but ill keep praying for death
theres nowhere to hide from fires in my head
keep both my eyes open as i burn myself down
i never could bring myself to look away anyway
over and over and over again
and the words start to flow once the blood does
but its not a metaphor anymore
cause i am the coward and this is the monster
its always towering over me
i know exactly how to pull myself to the window’s ledge
my self-destructive pen has a mind of it’s own
cause every single word it writes is meant to kill my head
and i own these arms and legs but this heart is not a home anymore
just a body occupied by something more
something dark, terrifying, and it has taken control
but its still me, not the me you used to see,
but what was always underneath and this was always going to happen except it wasnt-
this was not my plan i never meant to fall so far
i never meant to get so good at tearing my own self apart
but self destruction is a drug and I’m taking it way too far
besides we always keep our darkness so close to our own hearts
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