Burn It Down

Burning it down

Every moment drowned, every hope measured pound for pound

Dreams for kindling, within me an air supply dwindling 

Desires flicker and fade like embers, holding on to the fire I remember

Burning me to the ground, no helping hands around

Still burning it down

If it's a happiness I can't have I'll settle for half

Have to breath, have to see, still only half of who I used to be

This fire consumes, devours without discretion and with no discernible direction

Since I started it I realized I'd always be a part of it

Always burning it down

I can't protect myself from me, can't defend against the monster in the mirror I refuse to see

I drench my existence in kerosene, light a match and create a scene

Make myself an arson victim, It's my only system

If there's nothing left, there's nothing to lose... sometimes that's easier to choose

Forever relighting ashes

Forever burning it down until the pain passes