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Cold

scrape off this old canvass

wipe away the colors

now I've wasted all this time

peel away the ages

burn all the pictures

start the story over

and tell it right this time

what a sad mistake to make

chasing rainbow gold

now I look back on it

all I get is cold

you can't fathom how much

I regret every day

I threw away

on you

deep velvet

days of the pentecost

all this was lost

go ahead and burn it

it's taint within my veins

turn the skies formaldehyde

a crease upon my brow

this decree it ages me

and nothing is the same

and things that kept me green

now just make me mean

I don't want you here no more

to start another war in me

you've turned something cold

at the very core of me

you've turned the world

against me

set the hands of time working

against me

and all because I let you in

all because I played the wind for you

you just played to win

and I just want to

begin again

without you

deep velvet

A Fever Dream Come True

come, come delirium

like absinthe drops and laudanum

a phantom spell our tale to tell

too black for bliss

too sweet for hell

come, come delirium

the witch's harley-davidson

she bids us ride, my wicked bride

astride the knife

our time to bide

all my pain

calls your name

catch my ague

and leave me drained

only you

can make this dream come true

only you

the sickness grows like drugs and sin

the flame, it burns beneath my skin

crying "let the game begin"

seal our fate

and deal us in

breathe

your secret in the moon

and dewdrops drip perfumed

from your lips

and from your tongue

now

embrace the candle's flame

and tell your secret name

and in the dark

the deed is done

Voices From Beyond

sometimes when no one's around to see

a shiver passes over me

like a child touched by

the ghost of someone

who was never touched by anyone

and I feel you

passing near to me

so completely

beyond my reach…

centuries ago

I thought I would try to be brave

it was the worst decision

I ever made

now I'm a slave

and you've been damned and saved

and I feel you

passing over my grave

like a tidal wave

if I could talk to spirits

I'd tell them to tell you

to tell me to forget this

and spirits pass between us

though very few of them

can ever see us

I will beat this or be dust

I will beat the thing that beats us

I will see the thing that cheats us

I will kill the death that eats us

someday I will forget this

someday I will forget this

someday I will forget this

someday I will, I promise

I promise

I promise

I promise

I promise

I promise