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  I should've swallowed the key That kept us locked inside the haze If it would ruin us anyway I could've sworn There was a way to keep it safe Without forgetting how these ends make I wouldn't mind Biting down on the knife I could've waited Forever for the golden light I never felt a blow like this Bruising the edges of my edifice If you wait out the riptide You'll grow too heavy And you'll fade into time Like every bad memory Trading time for another Chance to stay buried To watch it all fall in place Like it always has been They waste my time Tell me "I'll never learn" My bloodshot eyes Your cold return I turn the key  Unlock my poisoned pride Will you ever ask? How I came back to life I set my body adrift  With every bone I picked Condemned to swim against the waves Bereft of the faith You said I'd find if I had stayed I took this patience to my grave And all at once I lose my grip Watch you fall without me Like I flipped the switch My gosp...

  Inspired By: The Fall of the House of Usher I thought I heard it The last call of the mockingbird My palms were ruined By the mud of my yester years Bloody slit on my lip I walk through the trees again Led by the call of the mockingbird Leading me to my end again Faces on these walls Staring at me with empty eyes Whispers impaired my hearing Haunting every second of sleep at night Intrusions turn into memories I cry red tears at the sight Of those who would wish me dead If they knew I was alive A shrouded mystery it was Running wild through my veins Questions curse my thoughts Is it worth the danger again? And all at once The mockingbird recalls my many names Speaks in riddles like punishment Sweat burrowing through my rage I licked the bowl clean And savored every bit of pain That drove me to that house Demanding my faith be retained I thought I heard it The last call of the mockingbird Told me it would be worth it Throwing my peace into the hearth Like islands that I swam to Wa...