The Curse
Album - 28 giugno 2004 - Debaser id 124741

[ INSTRUMENTAL ]

A wraith with an angel's body
A demon with a smile of gold
You soul sucker
I won't become like you

A killer with the perfect weapons
Crystal eyes and a heart of coal
You soul sucker
I won't lose myself in you

Look how pretty she is
When she falls down
And there's no beauty in
Bleeding mascara

Her lips are quivering
Like a withering rose
She's back again

What the fuck do you think love means,
It's much more than words and feelings
Sucking me dry
Is my marrow that sweet?
Your dead lovers have left a trail of
Broken hearts and misspent hopes
Sucking them dry
Does their marrow taste of sweetness, sweetness?
I hope you choke

Look how pretty she is
When she falls down
And there's no beauty in
Bleeding mascara

Come on!

And I can see her now,
dancing around, her drink in hand,
All her baggage you tow,
I just want to forget and let go of all the joy,
all of the pain,
I took your guilt and placed it into me.
And now I kiss it goodbye,
our last dance ended fatally.

Who's sleeping on my side of the bed tonight?
Have you ever cried so hard?
Baby you just died.
(You just died)
Who's sleeping on my side of the bed tonight?
Have you ever cried so hard?
Have you ever cried so hard?

And there she goes again.
Another masquerade in false circumstance.
She'll fuck you just for the taste.
I just wish that I could replace,
All the memories of what makes my blood run cold.
And as your blood runs through me,
I say goodbye to what we had.

Who's sleeping on my side of the bed tonight?
Have you ever cried so hard?
Baby you just died.
(You just died)
Who's sleeping on my side of the bed tonight?
Have you ever cried so hard?
Have you ever cried so hard?

She came and went.
I gnawed through my lip, makeup smeared in her eyes
each sob's a reason to say goodbye
Sometimes when your holding on,
you'll never see the light

With flowers in her hair,
Gazed upon with dead lovers eyes.
She never looked so good,
and I never felt so right.

With flowers in her hair,
Gazed upon with dead lovers eyes.
She never looked so good,
and I never felt so right.
I never felt so right.
I never felt so WRONG!

*whispering*
With flowers in her hair,
Gazed upon with dead lovers eyes.
She never looked so good,
and I never felt so right.

Who's sleeping on my side of the bed tonight?
Have you ever cried so hard?
Baby you just died.
Who's sleeping on my side of the bed tonight?
Have you ever cried so hard?
Have you ever cried so hard?

YOU JUST DIED!

I feel eyelashes on my cheek
And they lacerate my flesh
A pain so good
So put your hand in mine
Never let go
Never wake up
'Cause I'm done with promises

I'm taking blood oaths
Feels like you could kiss
My imperfections
My imperfections away
And I would stand
Stand by your side
Until the sun turns the sky
All the colors I see in your eyes

I'll never need to see the sun again
There's enough light in your eyes
To light up our little world
So take me
Take me away
Kill me slowly
I'll never be the same

I swear to you
On everything I am
And I dedicate to you
All that I have
And I promise you
That I will stand right by your side
Forever and always
Until the day I die

The bite marks on my neck
Never felt so good
I'm losing control
And its all that I can do
Not to black out and
Fall into lust with you
Your kisses infect me
The dark gift is loving you

And I'll never need to see the sun again
There's enough light in your eyes
To light up our little world
So take me
Take me away
Kill me slowly
I'll never be the same

And I feel immortal
And I want to make you feel the same
So stand by me
As we immolate
We can burn in each others arms.

I began my ascent at minus zero
You made so sure of that
You tried to keep me down here
Your complacency has been your downfall
Nobody made you king of the world
And I'm here to dethrone you
So kiss the ring, motherfucker
It's my time, my time to shine
Grasping for the straws as they fall
Maybe you can make a splint for
Your broken ego, for your broken ego

(chorus)
So I say thank you for the scars
And the guilt
And the pain
Every tear I've never cried
Has sealed your fucking fate
Did you take me for a fool?
Or were you just too blind to see
That every effort made has failed
And there is no destroying me?

Hate can be a positive emotion
When it forces you to better yourself
You built me, constructed my desire, perfected my hatred
Now I'm driven to be ten times better
Than you think you are
Piece by piece
I've built my walls and burned the bridges down
That lead back to people like you
So full of malice
So full of scorn
You tried your best to crush my spirit
You tried to steal my soul
You pushed my back against the wall
And I broke it down

I will not be broken, though I am the one that bleeds
I will not be broken, I am the one(x3)

chorus

I feel it welling up inside
and Robert Smith lied, boys do cry
and with blood tears in my eyes
I'm an Anne Rice novel come to life
I can't hide the monster anymore
one can only feel desolate for so long
until one starts to change into something
the mirror doesn't recognize
I metamorphosize
the darkness has been biding its time
to claim its latest victim
fresh meat for carnal desires
to become what I became
I viewed the sun for the last time

Will you still hold me
when you see what I have done?
Will you still kiss me the same
when you taste my victims blood?
So crimson and red
I feel it flowing from your lips
crimson and red
My heart is dead and so are you

and it pulses through, the desire to change
to deconstruct all of my past failings
but where to begin
because when you live is sin
it's hard to look at the saints
without them reflecting your jet black aura back on you
and all I have is hope
my inner burns not fading
I'll wipe the blood from my cheek and get on with my day

(chorus)

And all i have is hope
and all i need is time
to bury in pine under six feet of time
the lies i told me about myself
claw my way out, pick the splinters from under my fingernails
I wont loose hope, i won't give in

Just live and breathe, try not to die again(x3)

(Chorus)x2

My heart is dead, and so are you!!

These days are closing in
The end has become apparent
We're only here for so long
Will anyone remember my name
When time has washed away the dust of our ashes?
When my head rests in a velvet lined casket?
What's out there?
What is my eternal fate?
It only just recently hit me
That this life is just a state
Mortality fading, like the innocence of love
I'm scared to death of what's to become

Of my immortal soul of this eternal flame
Will you remember?
Will your heart sing with pain?
Who calls out my name?
Who can tell me what happens
When my eyes close for the last time?
Does it all simply end in a blanket of darkness
What of my soul, what of my soul?

All those things you couldn't say
You should've said
All those I-love-you's lost
Weighed more like lead on your chest

What if I could take back all those misspent days?
Every second of anger, I would wash my sins away

[Instrumental]

Just swallow the pill
And think of me no longer
Just let go and take yourself out
Before I kill you too
Aren't you tired of me fucking you over and over?
You were the last person I wanted
In my sights and my heart honestly breaks
When I think of you
I understand now
What 'I Love You' means -
It's doing the right thing no matter of the consequences

I'm tying you up using the nicest lace,
Trying to kill you softly
Trying to erase your face

All the while I'm doing my best not to rub my love up against your head
I'd redecorate the walls with your inner thoughts
But i'm afraid it's the wrong shade of red
But I have these sadistic urges
And I don't want to take it out on you

I'm tying you up using the nicest lace,
Trying to kill you softly
Trying to erase your face

Right now you're the only one who understands my plight
Right now you're the only reason I can't sleep through the night

So unaffectionate, so insecure
You claim to know a thing or two about heartache
And what it's like to have your insides torn out
And I believe you
I see it every time your pallbearer's pallor is
obscured by the darkness (the darkness)
Dancing across your face (across your face)
and when the blackness veils your eyes in pain
I know what it's like when memories make you wince
And love letters read like obituaries
And photo albums are the books of the dead
I need no reminders no more reminders
I'll forget the past and lay it to rest

If I had my way
I'd cut the calluses
off your breaking heart
If I could get past the sternum
Cauterize those wounds with
Every kiss I could give to you
I'm holding your heart in my hands
The reason it still beats

Am I being too cryptic?
Am I being too obscure?
Am I being too cryptic?
Am I being too obscure?

Love kills, romance is dead
And I don't even trust myself
But I love you
And you can pull my wings apart
And pin me down under glass
Until the end of days if it can help you
Discover that we share the same pain
I just hope you write your thesis
Before your subject is dead
No life after death

If I had my way
I'd cut the calluses
off your breaking heart
If I could get past the sternum
Cauterize those wounds with
Every kiss I could give to you
I'm holding your heart in my hands
The reason it still beats (x2)

Paranoia is the insect worming its way
Through my subconscious thoughts
It's the larva of my self doubt
Gestating in my heart as I spiral down
And everything I touch is breaking
And it falls to earth in splinters
And I shiver as every splinter
Finds its way underneath my skin
And after 22 years I can still make my skin crawl
Every shortcoming, a pitfall
On my way to making amends
Within myself to be what I became

Sometimes it feels like the whole wide world
Has made itself my enemy
But I will stand upon my own two feet
And raise my head up

I lick my wounds
Trying to cleanse the infection
Rabid and diseased reality fades away
When I pushed myself too far
A dream of emotional perfection
Has left a wounded heart
Trying to perceive the gifts inherent inside me
It's like squeezing the trigger
It's like opening fire
On everyone who's let me down
On every beautiful lie that is only fiction
For the first time
I'm losing control and I like it
Freedom feels like the noose is gone

In this perfection I lament her beauty
Her voice a sour note
In this bitter serenade

And all those things I could have
Would have
Should have said
Ring out like gunshots across long lost days
If that wasn't love then what the fuck was I thinking?
I would bear my soul just to
Bask in your grace and your beauty
Your strength inspires all of my days
I would carry any load
Just to bear your cross for a day

Your love fills me up when the blood in my body's drained
And your strength is my backbone when I feel every bone break

It takes my breath away
How you took my breath away
How could I know that you would take my breath away?
How could I know one kiss would change everything…?

After all this time of asking questions
Of trying to find something to quiet this soul
I'm left alone within my mind into this self-made hell I delve
It's not as hot as you think
More so dark and cold with no room to breathe

I'm sorry, I don't think it's going to be okay this time
My heart has skipped its final beat
It's beating me down onto the floor
That must mean that the pills are working
The glass isn't half empty this time
I smashed it to the ground a long long time ago
It shattered when it fell and I broke to pieces
Each shard's another reason, another way to give up

This skin is so tight that the air can't reach my brain
There is nothing telling my heart to beat any faster
To let me scream for help, I will never give up
I will never take the easy way out

This is life
This is struggle
This is love
This is war