Winding Down

Winding down
This is the way
Take another to forget
Take another for today
And I give all that I can
What is it that you demand?
Every wish, my command
Washing cycles in my stomach
This is a sick, sick game
Go chasing after a dream
Watch it come crashing down
To burn in the pile
Lit years ago, with ashes knee high
Winding down again
This is my way
Take another for the thoughts
Take another for the pain
Little round candies
Marked with little letters
Wash it down
With a scent that burns my nostrils
But what beautiful colors
You must see
As they form expressionist art
On the walls and upholstery
This is the way you disappear
And repentance for all my years
It was all leading up to this
Winding down
The only way
Why are you still here?
What is it that you fear?
Or is it me?
Yes that’s it
It’s me, isn’t it?
What crawls under me?
Takes over everything
And moves my body
I’m going down
I think I see the end
Some silhouette beckons me
And it’s you that I must bare
So I take another one
Take another one for you
And I’ll meet you there
It burns, winding down
Oh how much it burns
But this will save me
I am prepared
Embracing you is darkness
I am aware
The ash falls off my stick
I drink another lick
Winding down
I’ll meet you there
She will save me
I’ll meet you there