Lake Country

Reality has burdened me
It’s always burdened me with you

Sickness taking her flesh from bone
Addiction taking all the life from yours
Why must you be this way?
She’s riddled with this pain
So why do I want to rot and decay?

Rot and decay
Pound for pound
Eye for eye
It’s always been the same

Rot and decay
Pound for pound
Eye for eye
Let’s play this waiting game

Oh, fortune shine your light upon us now
Patiently we’ve been awaiting thee
Please grace us ever so swiftly
Blood means nothing, so respect must be earned
But you taketh and giveth away
While the love she felt keeps her at bay
She gave you her heart, you took so much more
You left us all staring at the door

I know you can’t take much more

What was absent left a hole in my heart again
The seconds I cherished are few and far between
Reality has burdened me
It’s always burdened me with you

I grasped your hands, but you pulled them away
With nothing left and nothing more to say 
Instead you reached for syringes and substance binges
Your failing heart can’t take this…

Eventual sorrow hinges
(You will never escape this)
On the words you can’t even say to me
(I dare you to speak)

Dodging bullets but not for long
They whistle past while they’re singing your swan song
They whistle past while they’re singing your swan song

For your next trick, we’ll watch you disappear
Just like you always have
My biological half…
Just like you always have
My biological half…

The sun will set and rise again
Time will pass and they’ll all forget
But I won’t forgive and, this, I won’t regret

She gave you her heart, you took so much more
You left us all staring at the door
She did better than you ever could
She did it because she knew you never would

What was absent left a hole in my heart again
The seconds I cherished are few and far between
Reality has burdened me
It’s always burdened me with you

I grasped your hands, but you pulled them away
With nothing left and nothing more to say
Instead you reached for syringes and substance binges
Your failing heart can’t take this…