Thou - With a Cold, Life Extinguishing Elegance

 

What do you want me to say? what would you have me do? must i rip out my own tongue and deafen these ears, stop an uncomfortable conversation before it starts? must i tear out my own eyes, so i don't have to watch this constant self mutilation? excuses. lies. i swallowed them whole. must i bite my lip so hard that a river of blood will choke back the criticism you're sure to hear in my voice? you cannot stop. i will not stop. excuses and lies, i swallowed them whole. oh, godless day with no sun to see that i've gone. and the night will not miss the breath from my lungs. it just moves on.