so i’ll still be here when the day comes
when everything we know escapes us
i’ll still be here when you’re walking away
& you’re looking for somebody safer
i’ll still be here when it rains
when all of your tears puddle up on my grave
for all of those years that we spent in the shade
i’ll still be here with the sun on my face

falling in place, 
we were running from something 
we don’t know the name of

i’m calling it shame,
i’m calling my angels
i’m far from a saint

but i’m not ashamed of the place 
that i came from
even though i’m not one of the greats
at least i can say i’m the same one
if you had it your way tell me 
what would you change

in a life where the light of the day
and the night in a fight
i know i’m not for shade much

but i’ll still be here for those gray months
i mean i’ll still be here—
cause i’m stuck in these chains
my only fear is my fear, i’m afraid


i’m only safe in this ink on the page
my life gets so dangerous
i live in a plight and my mind’s in a maze
so leave me to think, but don’t lead me astray
sinking my teeth in the sheath of my blade 
i gnaw at the calm just to feel something break
i only wait when i’m wasting away
i only taste what gets stuck in my fangs
a man in the hands that forgave
i don’t think i’m zane 
but i’ll still be here when my fate comes.


prod. isaiah kaleo

ruin

zane