Inside, Instead (For Nate)

Burning Alive Intentions blind Red sighs Lies Xes for eyes A writhing begins its twist inside A writhing begins to twist inside Phantoms flicker, writhe, hues only in red and gray Phantoms flicker, flicker and writhe, between you and I... While burning and blind, we could wonder why Between you and I... While burning and blind, we could cry Between you and I... While burning and blind, we could pray Between you and I... While burning and blind, we hide inside, instead We were a glare connected by a vein of silver We were a bared-teeth rictus of talismen We were a shared skin scarred by shards of fire We were the fingernails scratching VOODOO into glass We were the damage wrought by the words of the charlatans Corroding in the sea Life is casualties Corroding in the sea Life is casualties We were the battle raging against the cooling crimson The heart beats inside this soft red oblivion We were the fools who dared to spit fire into the abyss Now the heart inside holds shards instead We were the bleat of scorched laughter the morning after reality The heart inside - this soft red oblivion Now we're a bitternaked conversation Instead Corroding in the sea Life is casualties Corroding in the sea Life is casualties We were furious and blindly feeding We were candle flames, then cobalt hands We were the storms outside, we were shards of lightning Now we're cooling crimson inside, instead Now we're cooling around our shards, instead Now we're cooling around our scars Instead Now cooling