The air is thick with strangers
Laughing through your screaming lungs
Imploding in your chest like death
Absent exit signs ignite the flames
The fear, the rage that tear down walls
Alas, in dreams alone they all collapse
These hoarders of paragraphs
And alibis and secret lies and hollow needs
And enemies that draw you in
These pillars of everything mundane
Are but a gateway to oblivion
Fever burning, weak and pale
Like vultures to the wounded they’ll come
You can’t afford to be this frail
They’ll steal you
Not cut out to follow
Nor fit to rule
A dethroned king of diamonds
In the garments of a fool
This jest of chaos
This irony of common fate
Some like dominoes
Some like angels
Apart
In love
From grace
We fall fall fall
Fever burning, weak and pale
You can’t afford to be this frail
Like vultures to the wounded they’ll come
To steal you
Deceive you
Mislead you
Erase you
The air is thick with strangersLaughing through your screaming lungsImploding in your chest like deathAbsent exit signs ignite the flames,The fear, the rage that tear down wallsAlas, in dreams alone they all collapseThese hoarders of paragraphsAnd alibis and secret lies and hollow needsAnd enemies that draw you inThese pillars of everything mundaneAre but a gateway to oblivionFever burning, weak and paleLike vultures to the wounded they’ll comeYou can’t afford to be this frailThey’ll steal youNot cut out to followNor fit to ruleA dethroned king of diamondsIn the garments of a foolThis jest of chaosThis irony of common fateSome like dominoesSome like angelsApartIn loveFrom graceWe fall fall fallFever burning, weak and paleYou can’t afford to be this frailLike vultures to the wounded they’ll comeTo steal youDeceive youMislead youErase you