I Passed The Bottle - ALCHEMICAL

 

I rushed my quest for solace

Cried black tears when I overshot my chances

And I sink to the bottom of the lake

Like a dagger soaked in blood for a day

I sat at the helm of my ship

Hands on my thighs and frost on my lips

And into the scarlet sunset I sailed

As old as time and as wretched as faith

And so I passed the bottle

With the echo of my misery intact

Fought flames with my matches over the weekend 

Let it burn to amber ribbons of happenstance

I sleep with the blue ashes

Of my burning memory

Hovering over the horizon

Of my fading fantasy

Amongst my countless crimes

Was a prayer for continued misery

I rewrite my book of faith each night

Burning these candles of counterfeit divinity

And so I passed the bottle

With the echo of my misery intact

Anonymity is a rich man's scandal

So I sign my name in gold and black

As I lie flat over the green lands

And let the daises grow over me

I bathe in the golden sunlight

As the rolling mountain air devours me

For the last time, I passed the bottle

With a whisper of my misery intact

Threw it straight into the blue bonfire

Let in burn to amber ribbons of happenstance.

-auctor