I'm treading deep waters in cinder-block shoes
I'm running so fast and I'm still going to lose
You're a moving target, so fickle at heart
A long-burning flame that is leaving me charred

I want you to break me and steal all my pieces
So you can scramble them all and hope that this ceases
Remove both my eyes so I won't have to see
The things that you do that, in secret, hurt me

I am blistered from chasing my dream wrapped in skin
Who desires another, but cannot admit
Still I am drawn, teary-eyed and weary
I've been trying to tell you, but you simply won't hear me

If it is true that you lust for a body so fine
So perfect and young that just isn't mine
Then stop leading me on and telling me lies
Giving me false hopes of a fairytale life

I've skinned both my knees and chewed off my nails
Afraid you don't want me, but I've already failed
The water is rising to take me away
To wash all my sores and preserve me this way

The love of my life that loved never me
Will forget what we said and used to be
And all I have left is a couple of feathers
To hold in my hand as I'm swallowed forever

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