Does Anyone Know Algebra?

We converged in The grandest of mistakes while We were as guilty as sin Mistakes waiting to happen She always had a way with words She always had a way with words In her routine of permanence I thought she would Never leave my side This creature is so delicate But set to a razor's view Grasping her voice could Coerce me into An eye for an eye I have no say tonight This will be something new This will be something new Until the last day Before the beginning Let's do something worthwhile The early hours of this operation Give way to the flat line They give way to the flat line As her grip loosens enough to see Her whispers are my weapon of choice With a breath drawing to a hold The time for sympathetic Phrases has passed This time, things that we count She claims this passive nature Never suited me With a breath drawing to hold The time for sympathetic Phrases has passed Her guilt is mine to endure Her guilt is mine to endure Her guilt is mine to endure Her guilt is mine to endure As her voice trails off I am left in the flood lights She is mine