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Blinded by daylight I turn to the night

I swim through the blackness far out of your sight

And never you see what you mean to me

Though it’s as obvious as it can possibly be

And the scars that I bear from your sweet touch

Is all that remains of your undying love

With the heart that I had that’s been gone for awhile

Shattered around me when you didn’t smile

When you turned away and left me alone

What was once our house was no longer my home

And the joy I once knew has gone far away

To inhabit someone else all because you didn’t stay

Is this the twisted path that the gods have for me laid

A desert of pain burning me while I slowly fade

And the soul that I had I’m not worthy of now

Because the angel of you would not allow

And the only way now that I call out

Are through the words on this page, my silent shout

But I know that you won’t read the if you find them in a page on your bed

But maybe you’ll hear them as I sing them over again in your head

Now as I wade through the ocean of days

I’ll still look for you in the stars burning eyes

And even in my dreams, my nightmares you’re there

Kissing me sweetly and mussing my hair

With your faint smell of vanilla and peppermint

And your taste of blackest sin

Now aren’t you glad you broke my heart

Only my slient tears show how much you’ve torn me apart

And I’ll keep going on day by day

With my mask of ink saying everything’s okay

But know forever that you’re still here

A piece of you I selfishly hoard to keep you near

And I won’t ever forget what it was that we had

And I pray that every now and then you’ll look back on us and feel…