Beautiful Poison

Strike those strings with vengeance sweet While midnight shadows at our feet Dance like spirits through the haze You're my last surviving phase Her serpentine grace draws men near As street lights paint her atmosphere I chased salvation in her kiss Found damnation in that bliss Never knew love's thorns could pierce Through armor, leaving wounds so fierce With ruby lips and devil's smile She broke this rebel's heart with style Play those chords of yesterday When freedom led our hearts astray Let her poison other souls That pretty face, those empty roles Life bleeds down like crimson rain Each heartbeat echoing with pain Though countless lovers shared my bed Her ghost still fucks with my head Truth's a blade that cuts so clean Through innocence we once believed Vultures circle what remains Why should I bear these chains? Strange how time shifts bitter stones To wisdom carved deep in bones Let music wash away my shame While bass notes whisper her name Play on, my friend, let darkness sing! Feel how deep these wounds still sting But here's the truth I've come to know I rise while others fall below