Your warmth crept in  
It felt like a knife in the dark
The splinters grew themselves limbs
I thought they wouldn't leave a mark

But I can't be with you
The way I wanted to
But I'll breath you in

I've wrestled with my ghosts
And I've always let them win
The light that shone through you
Just showed my dark within

It was just entropy
Disguised as revelry
That drew you in

The knife crept in your spine
Your blood mixed with mine
Was it real or did I have us fooled?
The best trick the devil pulled

One last kiss, my dear
As your breath escapes your lips
I may long for your embrace
Or the touch from your fingertips

But the light is gone
From your eyes
But I don't regret what I've done

The Best Trick The Devil Pulled

The night's crawling and I'm on my knees
The air's thick and your scents in the breeze
It's true love or warm blood 
I can't tell which I want on this moonlit mile 

Skin shed, I want to be the beast
A hungry dog that's been released
By night's end, I want in
To your house of cards to knock 'em all down
 
I was born under a blood red moon
I was born under a blood red moon

A new night, I want to start it again
A fresh glance at a new set of skin
A warm night, a new life
Is shed, the moonlight bare on your barren skin

The night's crawling and there's a shift in the trees
Your hearts pounding and mine is at ease
Claws sharp, teeth sunk
Into you, your blood drips as I howl at the moon

I was born under a blood red moon
I was born under a blood red moon
I was born under a blood red moon
I was born under a blood red moon

Born Under A Blood Red Moon

Shift into drive, stay in the lines
Gripping the wheel, don't know where I'll go
Blood in the back, rain in the night
Eyes on the mirror, flashing indigo

Headlights in my way
I feel my hands sway
I feel them on my back
I'm ready for my fade to black 

Hell awaits with the devil at the gates
Repent my sins, but get revered for them

There's a voice in my head that comes in clear
Burn it all down, tonight it’s do or die

I'm licking my wounds as they come in nearer
A gun in my hand, it's my last goodbye

My hands begin to shake
My life is mine to take
I feel them on my back
I'm ready for my fade to black 

Hell awaits with the devil at the gates
Repent my sins, but get revered for them

I pull my hand and so do they
A quiet slip into gray
Hey, the bastards got me

Hell awaits with the devil at the gates
Repent my sins, but get revered for them

Stay In The Lines

Hey there, Billy, steady your hands
They call you a man, call you a man
Hey there, Billy, stay in the lines
I'm a special kind, a special kind

Hey there, Billy, I know you can
Avoid what you can do with these hands
Hey man, believe, this isn't forgone
Pull it along, pretend I belong

Circle the flames, eventually, you'll get burned
Hear my name, perpetually, forget what I learned

Hey there, Billy, I know it's hard
Restrain a river with your hands
Hey there, Billy, the current pulls
Buries the ground and pulls you down

Circle the flames, eventually, you'll get burned
Hear my name, perpetually, forget what I learned

The before, the after, the ripples in between
The before, the after, the ripples in between
The before, the after, the ripples in between
The before, the after, the ripples in between
The before, the after, the ripples in between (Don't you wanna see what these hands can do?)
The before, the after, the ripples in between (Don't you wanna see what these hands can do?)
The before, the after, the ripples in between (Don't you wanna see what these hands can do?)
The before, the after, the ripples (Don't you wanna see what these hands can do?)

Circle the flames, eventually, you'll get burned
Hear my name, perpetually, forget what I learned

Hey There, Billy

Our blood we shed
Runs in a circle, a system built to fail
Muscles and sinews
Tangled like vines under your skin of pale

My pair of hands
Can untangle you and build anew from them
My life given meaning
I'll take my time to unravel you from the hem

You are the rain
We are the same

The blood in you
I release from its cycle of endless routine
Your end's a beginning
To make me feel pure and once again more clean

You are the rain
We are the same

I will be reborn
And bite the serpent's tail
And around we'll go
Unless someone tips the scale
  
The cycle, cycle's repeating
Cycle, cycle's repeating
Cycle, cycle's repeating
Cycle, cycle's repeating      
(Maybe I'm wrong)
Cycle, cycle's repeating   
(Maybe I'm wrong)
Cycle, cycle's repeating     
(Maybe I'm wrong)
Cycle, cycle's repeating      
(Maybe I'm wrong)
(Maybe I'm wrong)
(Maybe I'm wrong)
(Maybe I'm wrong)

Cycle

Maybe our love was my mistake
Maybe your heart wasn't mine to take
A regretful thought that I could claim
What is now a porcelain frame

All of your blood pools by the lake
A lifeless form I won't forsake
The stones awash with what's in you
But this time I don't feel anew

I lift you slowly and watch you sway
A pendulum swing in disarray

You're so heavy in my arms
You're so heavy in my arms

I'll bury you where we first met
That fleeting glance I won't forget
I'll carry you as long as I can
Then lay you down where it began

My hands grasp tight on your skin
My Mary Anne, will I see you again

You're so heavy in my arms
You're so heavy in my arms

Your neck in arch with your head bent, your limbs move and sway
Limp wrists with fingers disjointed, my knees hit the bay

You're so heavy in my arms
You're so heavy in my arms
You're so heavy in my arms
You're so heavy in my arms

Marry Anne, I don't regret what I've done
Some things get stitched or mended just to see if they'll come undone
I love you, Marry Anne, I love you, Marry Anne
I love you, Marry Anne, I love you, Marry Anne

In My Arms

There's a spark in the dark
A rhythm released from its toil at last tonight
The light is so stark
Is it the torch or a heavenly gleam that's so bright?

Well maybe it’s right
The blood in my mouth and over my hands is only mine
And maybe the light 
Is just the stars and the moon that won't align

St. Peter, he hid the keys tonight
And I know, I know

The city lights won't gleam for me
Not a star in the sky will shine for me
And I won't see you
I can see you up high, though I clipped your wings
You can't drag me up with pulleys or strings
But you won't, if you could

I think of you
By the lake that night, your shadow's cast was so bright
And I curse myself
And the folly of man when I took your hand too tight

And the serpent has a bed for me
And I know, I know

That I'm the villain in my own story
A beast in chains who doesn't find glory
And it's what I deserve
I see the mare tonight with the blood in its fur
Black eyes bulged out and then it turns to her
And I can't look away

The hour is soon to come
I see the veil stretched thin
I think of your rosy lips
And your alabaster skin

The waves break sudden and I'm under them
They drag me down and pull at my skin
And then I see them
All of the souls that I've thrown to waste
The bitter sting of their lives debased
I can't close my eyes
I see you again among the fading lights
In the faces of them on those cold dark nights
And I cannot breath
Maybe I'll see you again in my next life
Or maybe it's you holding up the knife
And then all is dark

Maybe there's no god's design
Maybe there's no god's design
Maybe there's no god's design
Maybe there's no god's design

The Light

I don't want these creature fears
And I can't understand
The weight of water in my hand

I can see its silhouette
Like a dawn that rises slow
Or the creeping of the undertow 

Hands clean
But feeling low and mean
The world can bring out
The animal in me

I can feel the creature fears
And the shadows that they bring
Just living in this thing, oh yeah

Hands clean
But feeling low and mean
The world can bring out
The animal in me
 
Think of something, know it's nothing
I said to someone at some damn place
I know it's nothing, but feels like something
And I can't asleep without a little...

Hands clean
But feeling low and mean
The world can bring out
The animal in me
Hands clean
But feeling low and mean
The world can bring out
The animal in me

Creature Fears

It's a video snapshot of an old routine
Where we dull all the edges but still cut clean
It's a haunted house, babe, with ghosts that daydream
They pick at the edges to try to find the seam

It could be blood or flowers
It could be blood

It's a tabloid circuit, it's a cartoon scream
I'm falling from heights now in the slipstream
It's a Hollywood breakdown caught on split-screen
It’s anyone’s guess, babe, what this all means

It could be blood or flowers
It could be blood

I'm a vampire, honey, I'm a soulless tease
I'm a wounded ape, babe, learning to trapeze
I'm a hungry man just looking to feed
I just forget sometimes that we all can bleed

It could be blood or flowers
It could be blood
It could be blood or flowers
It could be blood

It Could Be Blood

I'll let it seep slowly
It's all in the knowing
If I set it in the ground right
I can fall on my sword

I don't even know how
It's like chewing on glass now
It's the poison I let in
Into my porous skin

I shiver with bad thoughts
I can't stomach these knots
I feel out to sea
And can't see the shore
I'm held with a closed fist
I'm pulled by my wrist
Am I a burden to see?
Can I take any more?

And I'll scorn me
Don't let me waste this, adore me
It's just a habit, ignore me
Please just cut the cord
And let me fall on my sword

I feel I'm led blindly
By a stranger beside me
I can't seem to keep all
The balls in the air

I could have predicted
The way this all ended
It's a shot in the dark
But I'll remain the light

I can't let scabs heal
I'll swallow my pills  
I'll fall into line
But not by your side
If I tear at my flesh
Will our problems regress?
Don't kick at the horse
It has already died

And I'll scorn me
Don't let me waste this, adore me
It's just a habit, ignore me
Please just cut the cord
And let me fall on my sword

I could have predicted
The way this all ended
It's a shot in the dark
But I'll remain the light
I could have predicted
The way this all ended
It's a shot in the dark
But I'll remain the light

Chewing On Glass

I used to be funny
I used to be mine
I used to be out in fields singing Auld Lang Syne

I used to be clever
I used to be keen
I used to be transfixed by the silver screen

I used to wonder
I used to doubt
I used to think what I could do without

Been so long
Oh so long I've waited here

Waiting to be me, honey
Waiting to be me whatever that means
I'm wanting to be me
Though not sure I ever used to be

I used to slow dance
I used to sing
I used to want everyone and everything

I used to pick roses
I used to be free
But most importantly I used to be me

Been so long
Oh so long I've waited here

Waiting to be me, honey
Waiting to be me whatever that means
I'm wanting to be me
Though not sure I ever used to be

Used to be
Used to be
Did I ever really used to be me?

I Used To Be Funny

Cover of ...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears

...Baby One More Time

The Lights Go On, The Music Dies

Video Games

You Were Meant For Me

Cover of I Will Always Love You by Dolly Parton

I Will Always Love You

Cover of You're Still the One by Shania Twain

You're Still the One

Bulletproof (ft. Corey)

I Still Think About You Most Days (For Olivia)

Your eyes are loaded guns
They're calm and aimed for their mark
Your hands are tender ones 
Stretched out to find me in the dark

Go slow, move faster
This thing's got us by our throats
There's no goodbyes
Good enough to save us from ourselves
Honey, why does it feel like I've seen you before 

Did I dream you before I met you?             
I swear I've seen you before
It's your smile or maybe your eyes
That I can see at your door
Crying no, don't go
In that sweet Kentucky rain

Your lips are salty sweet
I can taste them if I close my eyes
Then I see you in the passenger seat
My hand is between your thighs

Let's dance some more
While we still have the dance floor
This thing's bittersweet
Like your taste that lingers in my throat
Honey, why does it feel like I've been here before 

Did I dream you before I met you?             
I swear I've seen you before
It's your smile or maybe your eyes
That I can see at your door
Crying no, don't go
In that sweet Kentucky rain

Can I stay a little while longer with you here in your arms?
I know I said I had to go home but the night can still be young
Let's dance a little while longer tonight until the morning comes
Maybe in our next lives we'll able to see the rise of each sun

Did I dream you before I met you?             
I swear I've seen you before
It's your smile or maybe your eyes
That I can see at your door
Crying no, don't go
In that sweet Kentucky rain

Here we are, in our next lives
Here we are, in our next lives

Sweet Kentucky Rain

We can lick all our wounds clean
Ignore all the things we don't mean
Because we don't bother with blood in the water

Cut all the branches bare
Weave the thorns into your hair
Because we don't bother with blood in the water

We know
Weeds grow faster in the heat
Go slow
We know we're faster on our feet

You know we're not that crazy
We know what this is, baby
Times so slow-ow
When we know-ow
It's just the world that's hazy
It's just you and me now baby
Let it go-go
As we grow-ow

Let's just lose the scores
I'll claim my ghosts if you do yours
Don't sweat the small stuff, 'cause it's all small stuff

I'll open my chest more wide
Enough room for you to climb inside
Don't sweat the small stuff, 'cause it's all small stuff

We know
Weeds grow faster in the heat
Go slow
We know we're faster on our feet

You know we're not that crazy
We know what this is, baby
Times so slow-ow
When we know-ow
It's just the world that's hazy
It's just you and me now baby
Let it go-go
As we grow-ow

Blood in the Water

I'm caught in the sea
Where I drown in the need
To want this life
To be by your side

The city could burn
The season won't turn
Still there you are
Right by my side

I can hardly breathe
You took over me
I'm whole now
Can't you see

The heaven's could part
I'd find you in the dark
Won't reach too far
Because there you are

I love you now
Like I loved you then
When you decided to be
Here with me

You can see me here
With arms so open wide
To welcome you
By my side

I can take most anything
Because we can take most anything      
Be it rain or shine
Blood or wine
When we can't see the light
That's when we'll shine, shine most bright

I'm caught in the need
Don't care if I drown or bleed
I want this life
To be by your side
To be by your side
To be by your side
To be by your side


Side

On my hands I was crawling
With my teeth always falling
Out in my dreams

From the cliffs I was diving
With hands tied I was driving
From the backseat

I woke to an empty room
It echoed my name
All rooms are waiting rooms
But then you came

It's the doors you leave open
With a sign that says "Broken man
With a heart on his sleeve"
It's all in the hopin'
In the words you've yet spoke to me
"I'll never leave"

It's a foxhole prayer
While the bayonet blades were
Carving my name

But I can see you in the doorframe
With lips pursed you say my name
Where have you been

I woke to an empty room
It echoed my name
All rooms are waiting rooms
But then you came

It's the doors you leave open
With a sign that says "Broken man
With a heart on his sleeve"
It's all in the hopin'
In the words you've yet spoke to me
"I'll never leave"

Anything can be everything
Anything can be everything
Anything can be everything
Anything can be everything
Anything can be everything
Anything can be everything
Anything can be everything
Anything can be everything

It's the doors you leave open
With a sign that says "Broken man
With a heart on his sleeve"
It's all in the hopin'
In the words you've yet spoke to me
"I'll never leave"

I'll never leave
I'll never leave
I'll never

The Doors You Leave Open

Do I seem lighter now?
Do I pirouette into the room?
Have the shades all been ripped away?
Are the bleeding hearts now in bloom?
Mhm

Honey, you're the torch that has shone through the night
Just for me
Lovely, the glow that has pierced my skin
And set me alight
On this cool, dark night

Cool, dark night
Cool, dark night
Cool, dark night
Cool, dark night
Tonight

Do I seem happy now?
Am I now a joyful sight?
I think I used to be funny
Let's see if I am when I see you tonight
Mhm

Honey, you're the torch that has shone through the night
Just for me
Lovely, the glow that has pierced my skin
And set me alight
On this cool, dark night

Lovely, the way your skin adheres to mine
Lovely, the hills I trace down your spine
Lovely, all the ways you are tonight, on this

Cool, dark night
Cool, dark night
Cool, dark night
Cool, dark night
When we burn most bright


A Torch in the Night

It's a long drive to Kentucky  
And the signs you can read above you say
"Wrong way home"

You try to focus on the greenery
While the green, mean mile markers scream
"Turn a-round"
"Turn a-round"

In the slow-ass traffic patterns
Oh, the road work doesn't matter
on I-sixty four
            
I can see you now in the construction zones
While yelling to the traffic cones
"We both know"
"We both know"

That this thing here between us
We gotta keep it whole as the asphalt erodes
That this thing here between us
Doesn't need to involve all these goddamn roads
Goddamn roads
Goddamn roads

You may be in West Virginia
But you still have to avoid the drivers of
O--hi-o

This road goes on for miles
And you don't want what's at the end of that
Long white line
Long white line

So park it, dear
Get your head clear and turn around
I need you here
Put that thing high gear and gain some ground               
I'll pay the ticket babe     
Just give those green mile markers one last wave
‘Cause we know!

That this thing here between us
We gotta keep it whole as the asphalt erodes
That this thing here between us
Doesn't need to involve all these goddamn roads
Yes, this thing here between us
We gotta keep it whole as the asphalt erodes
Darling, this thing here between us
Doesn't need to involve all these goddamn roads
Goddamn roads
Goddamn roads

It's a long drive to Kentucky 
And the signs you can read above you say
"Wrong way home"

Green Mile Markers

Anywhere that you go
Is where the sun goes now so it can meet the sand
But you don't see the rising
Or the brightness in your wake that it had planned
You don't know your greatness
Or the weight of your heart within your hands
See shallow depths beneath you
And ignore the beauty hidden within your sands

Haunted
Break the spell now
Want it
More than you know
Your loved now
Just see yourself through me

Honey, please see yourself through me, girl
Won't you be a little more easy on you, please
Please, please
Love through me

Your wings were clipped before me
And the scars you now wear are on your sleeves
Then you built a house of ire
And hid your wings in a box up in the eaves
Now it's hard to trust their graces
When you've taken far too many on the chin
But I want to take your hand now
And show you that those wings can fit again

Haunted
Break the spell now
Want it
More than you know
Your loved now
Just see yourself through me

Honey, please see yourself through me, girl
Won't you be a little more easy on you, please
Please, please
Love through me

Love yourself through me
Love yourself through me
Love yourself through me
Love yourself through me

Honey, please see yourself through me, girl
Won't you be a little more easy on you, please
Please, please
Love through me

You don't know your greatness
You are a diamond hidden just beneath in the sand
You don't know your greatness
But honey, I'll show you now just take my hand

See Yourself Through Me

Hold me now
This feeling's kind of heavy, love
But our love's never in doubt, oh no
Hold on to the ceiling, babe
I feel I'm gonna drowning out, oh no
Ohh no
Ohh no

Hold me now
I feel I'm getting weary, love
So guard me from the smoke, oh no
I think I feel it coming now
Trying to pull me down below, oh no
Ohh no
Ohh no

Oh love, break the chains, set the stage
And sit upon my door
Oh love, set the flames, be my rage
When I can't find the floor
No more
No more

Hold me now
Protect me from myself
Lord knows I need the help, oh no
I'm a sinner for your love, babe
And it'll help me drown it out, oh no
Ohh no
Ohh no

Oh love, break the chains, set the stage
And sit upon my door
Oh love, set the flames, be my rage
When I can't see no more
No more
No more

Hold me to your breasts, babe
Squeeze until my lungs explode
Wrap me in your love, babe
I've never felt more safe before
Before

Oh love, hold me hold me
Oh love, hold me hold me
Hold me now
This feeling's kind of heavy, love
But our love's never in doubt, oh no

Hold Me Now

I've seen your face on every hallowed shore
Where the tree branches twists like an open door
And I've heard your voice be carried by wind
But the waters crash hard and it's drowned out again

If I could swallow the sea, would you be down below?
Could I see in the dark if I had the moon in tow?
I'll follow your trail, it will see me   through
If it brings me to Hell, at least I'll be there with you

And I'll swallow the sea and
I'll scorch the world clean
I'll search the burnt edges 
If I can find you between
Find you between

It's your lavender scent in the tangles of your hair
It's the feverish warmth from the heat of your stare
That when I found you, I thought where the hell have you been
I would wander for years, just to live this again

I'd swallow the sea and
Turn every stone
And I'd take them all with me
And make us a home
Make us a home

I'll follow your trail, it will see me   through
If it brings me to Hell, at least I'll be there with you
Be there with you

Swallow the Sea

Now I'm a part of you
I might just eat you through
The weeds will grow where the water does flow but the weeds don't bother me

Weeds don't bother me
Weeds don't bother me

Your fingers in my hair
I think I'm caught in your snare
Your hands do slide while my hands are tied but the burns don't bother me
Burns don't bother me
Burns don't bother me

The harder I tease
The harder you breathe
The more your skin is flushed in pink

It's a hallowed dance
A sweet romance
A bountiful feast for a carnivore

Now you're part of me
And I don't want to be free
It’s all hushed tones and muffled moans but who hears don't bother me
Who hears don't bother me
Who hears don't bother me

The harder I tease
The harder you breathe
The more your skin is flushed in pink
It's a hallowed dance
A sweet   romance
A bountiful feast for a carnivore

The sweetness never ends
And the salt of your skin
Brings me to my knees
A puppet to your every need

There's a want in your eyes 
A desire in disguise 
You can run, you can hide, you can let me inside 
You can feel what I feel, it's love and it's real, and the love don't bother me




Carnivore

I see it now as clear as rain
Your feet on the dash with the sun in our way
We're listening to your white boy blues
Only good days from now on

We're hidden in sheets like stilted ghosts
As we hear the children laughing from across the room
All is calm before we strike
Only good days from now on

I hear the sound, the rumbling deep
As the rain hits the ground and goes back to the sea
You always love nights like these
Only good days from now on

Only good days
Only good days
Only good days from now on
It's good days, only good days
Only good days from now on

A kiss on the neck as we sway in place
The floorboards are creaking beneath our weight
The music hums in our bones
Only good days from now on

You're an ocean, babe, with love so deep
I cast my long shadows across your wake
With love that's so deserving
Only good days from now on

It's a here and now, not a now and then
The way I feel about you will last always
20 years and then 20 more
Only good days from now on
 
Only good days
Only good days
Only good days from now on
It's good days, only good days
Only good days from now on

Folded hands, quiet eyes
A final kiss and a final goodbye
I'm so grateful I, spent my life with you
Only good days from now on

Good Days


You're in the driveway
You were coming my way
On a Friday night
My little speed train
Could you refrain
From risking your life

But I feel you
When I'm not near you 
All the colors fade to light

But when you're here in my arms
Everything is true
When you're here, I tell my heart            
You can finally settle down, finally settle down

I know no other
That pulled me under
Quite the way you did
I feel I'm drowning
Though I'm counting
When I can pull you near

I want to feel you
When I'm near you
So the colors can burn more bright

But when you're here in my arms
Everything is true
When you're here, I tell my heart            
You can finally settle down, finally settle down

There is no reason for hiding anymore
No more mournful waves at my door
No sounds of your needing or me desperately pleading
Just our hearts as they go                                      
Bump bump buda bum
Bump bump buda bum                                  
Bump bump bump

But when you're here in my arms
Everything is true
When you're here, I tell my heart            
You can finally settle down, finally settle down
          
Finally settle down, finally settle down          
Finally settle down, finally settle down
Finally settle down, finally settle down now

Mafew Van de Maxville

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