Dead town

I lie awake 

With brooding eyes, I lie awake 

I lie awake at night thinking about all the blood spilled in my street alone 

Everything they touch, they destroy 

On the streets, on my way home

The whole town 

People say, "it was not me, it was this place”

I fear for this place 

I fear what's to come 

Mistrust, love has gone behind 

A world of hurt

Release me to the night 

Ease the agony of these days 

To see past my own revulsion and to open my heart 

Are the stars out tonight?

I do not know if it is cloudy or bright 

I lie awake 

With brooding eyes, I lie awake 

I lie awake at night knowing she is struggling 

Struggling and carrying this guilt around 

A trip around the sun, and she is still here 

She is still her

I try and take care of her 

There's something in knowing 

You made a place people like to come back to 

I try and take care of her

But I am just a kid 

I forget things

I lie awake 

With brooding eyes, I lie awake 

I lie awake at night thinking how fetching she was 

Her beautiful, perfect face 

She would always find her way back to peace within her daily routine 

In her nightly routine 

Until she was entombed in it

They did not say any of that at the funeral 

They did not say how welcoming she was 

Her beautiful, perfect face

All that is left is the shape of it 

“Take me with you”, I cried in my heart 

“Take me. Drag me down like you did the others”

She seemed so small, at the end

She was gone long before she died