White Room

"of all the poems I despise..."

I hear your
"one last breath" they say
as blood drips on the ivory floor
I see the pastor crack a smile
and whisper "suffer more"

"your halo is a noose"
"don't tie it too loose"
"your bracelet is blade"
"pull close the bloodied spade"
"Your kiss is like morphine"
"and I'm your Cyanide Valentine"

Theres more to this life
then funeral marches to the grave
"there are lies"
I hear the children say
but they continue to play

The white room
the white room
the white room

but there is more
as blood comes from the-
floorboards
you say "why live a lie"
and I say "we're chasing one until we die"

You chase your "goodnight"
and hope 10 pills are enough to make it right
You race to the light
of the oncoming...
adventure is death, but there's more I bet

There is still love
that lasts for a moment and flees in the next
when we say forever
that's how long we'll chase
"like the moon and the stars"

"and absensce makes the heart go yonder"

white room
white room
white room

you say the world is full of lovers
but I say one more and I love the taste

and misery loves mystery
'cause loves gone without a trace
and I'll hang up my hat and things
and cut and sever all the strings
that bind me
and fill this white room
with crimson.
I know blood as truth

white room
white room
white room