Second Skin

Hide the door

There's no place beyond

Who will follow

Until all is gone

Along the floor

Of carpet flames

There lies the truth

The silent name of all

Cold eyes staring

Into my innermost fears

Shadows glaring

Into sweet oblivion

A place so black

With shades of white

A stronghold where I can hide

Where all reins of life

- fall from my grasp -

This clarion call makes me shiver in fear

- it seals my curse -

The candle fades

In a lapse of light

It flickers bright

Denying the darkness

Will it ever change?

Weak and frail

Like wilting memories

We cry for the first light

And silently die in fear

Cold eyes staring

Into my innermost fears

Shadows glaring

Into sweet oblivion

A place so black

With shades of white

Where all reins of life

- fall from my grasp -

This clarion call makes me shiver in fear

The candle fades

In a lapse of light

It flickers bright

Denying the darkness