GOODNIGHT, GOODNIGHT, GOODNIGHT

I watch the fading of the light

The sun looks down from scarlet skies

Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight.

Darkness falls and sorrow bites

Fallen stone, protection’s guise

I watch the fading of the light.

Mother says it’ll be alright

Shaking hands and stifled cries

“Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight.”

Out of mind and out of sight

Of gunnèd men and hounding eyes

I watch the fading of the light.

Battered bodies, battle’s blight

Satan sings, and man’s demise

Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight.

Heart of darkness, wartime spite

A crumbling city’s Hopeful dies 

I watch the fading of the light

Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight.

someone to you

he’s the only one who cares for me
who’s with me through and through
please let me be
someone to you.

from the thud of my heart which beats
deafening in this silent room
please let me be
someone to you.

he cradles my face
till from my cheeks roses do bloom
please let me be
someone to you.

my lips are split and stained
crimson and purple too
please let me be
someone to you.

and even when it hurts
i know it hurts him too
please let me be
someone to you.

he beats me down to bone
till i’m bleeding black and blue
then holds me tight
and speaks words true
“you know you love me, you know you do
and i in turn
do love you too”
and i know then
like i always knew
that my cuts he carved
and my scars he drew
were just a mistake, or maybe a few
and all of this
it was my fault, too

thank you for letting me be
someone to you.