Watch a fractured motive twist its way through my head
Until I can cauterize the heart-shaped wound left in your stead
Cycling through outcomes, to support hollow words
Blood-soaked by resentment, I will swallow trauma I've incurred
You dealt a hand I could not fold
The hell in me regained its hold
And for a moment the misery you gave me has swallowed me whole
The love has gone somewhere I can't follow
Now you are absent, and I'm still here but hollow
Can't retreat from this forlorn battle
There's no light when I'm under your shadow
As the darkness dragged on , I still chose to believe
Where your promise terminated, was I enlightened or deceived
All the pain you gave me, that I gave you unjustified
So I'll sit here and watch the ashes left of our finite sweetness die
When I wished to make amends
I fell right back into my sins
And now I'm so much worse for wear, as I stare at this desperate end
The love has gone somewhere that I can't follow
When you are absent, and I'm still here but hollow
Can't escape from this forlorn battle
Will this be my life under your shadow?