April 7th 2006It's that gentle sensationThat you're watching meBut I look at youAnd you're unawareIt's that caustic frustrationThat you're vexing meBut I glance at youAnd you're collectedIt's that mocking fixationThat you're loving meBut I notice youAnd you're tentativeIt's that awful temptationThat you're dreading meBut I adore youAnd you're reluctantIt's that instant relationThat you're leaving meBut I weep for youAnd you're satisfied
WithoutI saw you again todayIt was just like the first timeYou captured my attentionWithout saying a wordI saw you again todayIt made the world stop turningYou took the breath out of meWithout meeting my eyesI saw you again todayIt renewed my tired soulYou woke me in my slumberWithout even tryingI saw you again todayIt was comforting to meYou drew me out of myselfWithout taking my handI saw you again todayIt made me want to call out"You mean everything to me!"Without you, I'm nothing
Purpose in WastelandShe slowly walks through the land of the flamesHeat that scars, burns, and maimsSuch loneliness that consumes her soulOne that never was completely wholeEmpty eyes stare straight aheadScanning through the world so deadOpen wounds bleed from withinAll that was or has ever beenHis words like knives that cut so deepPainful jabs which made her weepScorching tears feed the burning fireA need so raw, so plain, so direThe world will fall into the depths of hellBy a fierce cold fire no one can tell
AgainIt's that sinking feeling againThe one that I can't eraseIt's dragging me downWhere I won't be foundTaking what I can't replaceIt's that draining feeling againThe one that empties my soulIt's killing me nowI want to know howI could live and not be wholeIt's that crippling feeling againThe one that makes me so weakIt's all in my mindI wake up to findThe world has grown dark and bleakIt's that daring feeling againThe one that tells me to leaveIt's all that I hearMake it disappearHelp me once more to believeIt's that aching feeling againThe one that I just can't fakeIt's painful for meI'll never be f
DetachmentI amImmobilized by the thoughtsDrifting sparsely through my mindI amTerrified and overwroughtFalling harshly out of rhymeI amTense and refuse to adaptBreaking nearly every lawI amDefenseless but still untappedHating dearly all my flawsI amCaught up in uncertaintyWaiting kindly for the truthI am Wrapped up in what's left of meReaching blindly out for you