Beauty and the Beast

Learned souls cringe from the light,
Trying to escape the darkness within,
Hiding knowledge that clear sight,
Cannot escape my secret sin.

With conceited hand I seal my fate,
Mystery no longer a choice.
I know what happens; it's too late
For what is your forgiving voice.

Take no blame, the choice is mine,
I have to leave before I taint thee.
That unblemished, soul of thine,
Is too innocent, even for me.

I will always love you, remember this.
Your face shall haunt my dreams.
I will forever remember the viceless kiss,
But this situation is not what it seems.

Never forget that you hold the key,
The key to my heart, and remember too;
Forever shall the Beast in me,
Desire the Beauty in you.

Katie Blue

A little dumpling I used to know

Went with me to paris long ago

A picture was taken where I looked high

Higher than the Eiffel tower's peak in the sky

And peter the girl was in a dress

Which had my thoughts in a chaotic mess

Of confusion as I tried to make

Sense of all those thoughts for god's sake

But I still haven't figured out what to do

Ever since you moved, katie blue

Bury Me Alive

Because you bury me alive,
And everybody's got to breathe,
So this is new to my virgin eyes,
And now I'm begging you to leave,
To let me dig myself out,
Before I breathe for the one last time,
Tell me, what's this game all about?

Akin To Me

We are children of the night,

We are children of the thought,

We are children of the Sight,

We are children who've fought

We are children of blood,

We are children of Hell

We are children of flood,

We are children who tell

We are children of Life

We are children of Death,

We are children of strife,

We are children with no such breath.

The Grudge

ghost adrift across the water,

moonlight shine, bright white,

catches the knife in wholesale slaughter

fear ensnares its hold, my chest tight.

blood crimson gleams dull,

a grudge never quite left nor lost

when revenge's cup is bloodily full

all traces will be forgotten in snowy frost

Firebird's Gift

There was once a firebird’s gift,

Never to end, from soul to soul,

This curse would shift,

And each bearer would feel its toll.

For the bearer would play with fire,

Journey to hell and back,

Toy with evil and its desire,

And no enemy would attack.

Because this gift, the bearer of this curse,

She would decide which side to choose,

For Good, and light, or for evil and worse,

And the other side would truly lose.

Don't You Fake It

I hate this lonely place

and all of its rules it stands for

And its single only saving grace

Is that I won't be here never more

With smoke rising skyward black

I'll run away with feet like fire

And never look looking back

On my hell's lonely desire