Skin Cage

His sadness Penetrates the walls Penetrates my lips Escapes from his ribs As he spits on my fist And opens my hand A karaoke suicide Played silent and swift His skin is his cage Mine is my freedom I can't save him I can't love him So I let him kiss me and Then let go of him Watch him fade Into the lost dreams Of all the loves That were almost to be But truth got to the better of me We were almost a "we" His skin is his cage Mine is my freedom I can't save him I can't love him So I let him kiss me and Then let him go