1 hour and 15 minutes later, and more than i expected

[notalltogether]

breathe deep this cyanide mercy

to be your puppet now
your waking me back up again
to fill with fallacy
page by page you're slowly breaking down
the hollowness is there
to remind you of whats been left behind
your making me fall in line
don't you understand

if this is reality
put me back to sleep
will you tell me why are the nightmares
all i'm allowed to believe
what is a dream
can you make it stop
dying again i see
was i alive
or merely faking

the letters fade
leaving only a trace
did the poison go down smooth
organize another frame
a shallow pictured rose today
for paper tigers maul once more
making me try to be what i hate

are you happy now
this is the way you always wanted it
with me in ruin and buried here
6 feet deep in your tears
why do you cry
you've asked me this a thousand times
i am a figment of your imagination
just your tidy little lie

if this is reality
put me back to sleep
will you tell me why are the nightmares
all i'm allowed to believe
what is a dream
can you make it stop
dying again i see
was i alive
or merely faking

these strings lay lightly
this candle shows a single silhouette
your going at it again
why do you persist
now you know what forgiveness means
breath deep this cyanide mercy