sometimes
sometimes
sometimes i feel so alone

you
watch me unwrap my skin
all glisten
see me
see right through me
through thin air
here
air

i don’t want to know
know
no, no
they’re all shadows
beyond shadows
of shadows
of the real thing
can’t have the real thing
no, no
but i have shadows
i’m dry and it shows
shows
show
show

wherefore art thou
now that i am the only one
wherefore oh friend
oh lover
wherefore oh church
oh brother
where might i strive to
now that oh love and life no longer free

oh Death
where is Your sting
where is Your sting

where is Your sting

(sometimes
sometimes
sometimes i feel so alone)

(oh Death
where is Your sting)

i am nothing
I am Death
Death is nothing
nothing is death
like a breath
thus saith the Lord
oh holy matrimony
atrophy like the death that is inside of me
hides in me

there’s a fight in me
something’s not right with me
nothing is right with me
nothing with me
when it’s all just about me
frontal lobotomy bottle in front of me
i’m drinking
i’m thinking i’m sinking
thinking about the dreams that i’m leaving
weaving to explain why i’m heaving
heathens refrain from heavy breathing
it’s seething

i partake
but it’s fake what i make
are mistakes
bloody lakes that have formed
where i’ve struck the stakes
for all i do is take
i don’t make
i break

and what’s broken once spoken
the purifying waters of glory chosen
can’t soak in
it’s frozen
gates of heaven closing
you should have known this
should have known this
am i born this
should i mourn this
have i torn this
now that i’ve worn this
formless

for how can i demand anything
command everything
i had it all like planned and everything
but like castles in the sand
it was banned, everything
every little thing in my hands
like the bands that have played
every note that was made
like my scars never fade

they scar and they maim
they bar and they blame
and my name
my God the same
it’s nothing but lame
as i, lame, went and came
no, there is nothing i can, in essence,
nor should i, in presence, claim

but i’m not mad
it’s sad
i’m bad
what i had never once did i really have
but i’m glad i had

i’m fed
i’m dead
i am dead
I am Death
I am Death
I am Death
becoming
I am Death
death
death
death
death

breath