hoax - wildest winter

Wildest winters

Kept me frozen in time

Candles burning

Endless sketching out a perfect lie

I've been living past lives in very broken homes

And it is a bad sign that we're coming close

To holy matches, where faith turned out to be a hoax

And I was bracing myself

Dared to leave you behind in the wake of my death

And I was hoping my scars would turn it's back onto your false applause

But you were retracing it's steps

Every one till you reached the edge of my bed

But you took it too far

Tearing through the pine till you opened your eyes

And realised it was a beautiful hoax the whole time

Lanterns flicker

Oil runs out barefoot in the snow

Lies disfigured

Faithless monsters kidnap my soul

A precious lie told me I'm better off asleep

The candle wax melting me to my knees

There's a fire, burning out the cold

That stuck to me like a false blanket of hope

And I was bracing myself

Dared to leave you behind in the wake of my death

And I was hoping my scars would turn it's back onto your false applause

But you were retracing it's steps

Every one till you reached the edge of my bed

But you took it too far

Tearing through the pine till you opened your eyes

And realised it was a beautiful hoax the whole time

I've been wishing that I'll see you in a storm

Crossing paths exactly when I'm headed home

I can only imagine your frost bitten core

Prone to shattering at the will of my palm

Reckless banter, honest answers was a hoax

Lifeless posture, I know better than to trust a hoax

And I was bracing myself

Dared to leave you behind in the wake of my death

And I was hoping my scars would turn it's back into your false applause

But you were retracing it's steps

Every one till you reached the edge of my bed

But you took it too far

Tearing through the pine till you opened your eyes

And realised it was a beautiful hoax the whole time

- Neha Bhende