Blood On The Rise

Wired awake

Background noise checks in with a cracked line

Familiarity reaches out

Like an addict, feed my head til I stare at the sun

Don’t come down til I feed everyone

Sometimes I feel depended on

Not an addict, not an addict depending on

Synthetic ways to get me high

Just a once traveled road

Used to get by

Disillusioned by fame

And to catch the habit just one more try

Is to feel fulfilled

And to visit the hallowed grounds

Of all the dreams I’ve killed

Question the answers

They bled on you, but never for you

Mascara tears

Paint on your new smile and crown

Mask childhood fears

We bang the wall

You call down uninspired from above

Twist some lines into lies

Scream to the mother, fuck her and him too

Each lash is blood on the rise