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oh, i can hear you breathing

oh, i can feel you seethe

no, i will not submit beneath your fists

you're just a skeleton to me

(to me)

i see your face in mine as if i wear a mask

a veil of flesh to hide all the sins of your past

perched on the bedpost, an owl in this wilderness

when did this room become a forest?

(to me)

when you see me

i won't be me

take a breath and

breathe in to me

now

i put my trust in you as if you were my guide

inept and impotent you only tried to hide

perched on a treetop, an owl in this wilderness

there is a mirror within this forest

when you see me

i won't be me

take a breath and

breathe in to me

now

you bound yourself to me

in this ancient ceremony

you made me think

that i just can't breathe without you

i can't foresee

a life that's free of madness

you made me think

that i can't be whole without you

you made me bleed

you burned the pyre so bright

you'll never leave

and i just can't breathe without you gone

i just can't breathe without you gone

i just can't breathe without you gone