I would crease my sheets around you 
Before I was swept up in your wake 
But in the sun now 
I only know the waves 
And how they break 

Kill the lights and kill the dreams 
Our love lost 
Is never to be found again 

Deliver me from rain 
Deliver me from all the words and widows 
That you had to carry the weight 
Deliver me from sleep 
The labor and the screams 
Lay you head right over me 
And feed me to the sea 

Swollen sullen and wide eyed 
You rush like swells 
On my shores 
But roll back your tides 
As soon as the sun drops from the sky

Crease

Lost in this space 
I can feel my lungs 
And my voice quake 
And I'm weary 
And wavering 
While you drag 
Your chains across the floor 

I can hear you 
But you're not there 
I could touch you 
But I'm cursed 
With fists full of cold 
And you're howling 
Like you always did 
But I've seen the dark 
And you're nowhere near 

Am I dead 
Or am I just possessed 
If I can see the light 
Then why am I still blind 
I swore I'd find 
My way back 
But was swallowed whole 

These halls 
Are all I've known for years 
Our lives come and gone 
Still live here 
But there's no color in their faces 
Just wayward souls 

I was swallowed whole 
A lifetime ago

Lost

I haven't been right 
Since you learned to let go 
And I'm tired of drowning out the silence 
I wanna learn how to live again 
But it seems like once you're lost 
You're lost forevermore 

And there were once 
Avenues I called my own 
As I stagger home 
I'll chart a course to places 
Places I'll never know 

Float on and away 
Before my talons rid you of your wings 
Grab those stars like it was meant to be 
Our hearts were never big enough for two 
So take this as a lesson on passing through 

Only a few more plumes of smoke 
Only a few more nights spent spinning and alone 
And I'll find my way 
Or so they say 
But it's a lie 
It's a lie that I've known them to tell 

Would a few keystrokes cure the grief inside 
Or were your days brighter when I was locked away 

And I swore 
Closure would pacify 
But as the guilt splits my veins 
I'd rather my ghost 
Be the one you see fade to grey

Silver

There was chewing gum and cigarettes 
And there were Saturday morning afters 
But at the bottom of every plastic cup 
Was abandon 
And I've been smelling open sewers 
A few times daily 
While teetering between the finish line 
And full collapse 

I've forgotten 
How to sleep 
But all is well 
So long as I 
Never dream 

And you were 
Just like I was 
Always needing more 
To quell the anxiety 
But in the end 
You're as tired 
As the day you made me

Sleep

The city lights have come to 
Terrify me as they light 
Your footsteps 
On the way back home 
I fear I would fall in step 
If I were to follow you 
So for now I avoid 
Those winter walks 
When I would reach 
And you sought something else 

When you sought something else 
I would reach for something more 

You said it all the night 
That you said too much 
And the burning in my ears 
Has left me to smolder 
So before I fade 
Before my world burns down 
Just stay the fuck away 
Stay lost like I'm forever to be 

It's only when I'm out of the cold 
That my teeth start to chatter 
It's only when I catch a glimpse 
I can see how cold it really is 

Lately I can't tell 
My dreams from sleep 
So when I wake up 
I remember I have teeth 
So breathe me in 
Breathe me in 
Breathe me in and choke

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