Bittersweet Memory

This world is meant to kill the weak
The cripples die quick and love is defeat
Love is indeed a sin, for I have touched the flames, felt the burn and the heat
Yet, you remain unfazed, you're kind and you talk sweet
What are you? Is it a facade, a mask worn for deceit?
I do not know, and I guess I never will, for kindness is lost to me
Listen closely and you'll hear their cries and their screams
They'll tell you the meaning of malevolence and point a finger at me
Don't you understand? I'm their undoing, their bane and I'm their misery
Don't smile at me like you think I'm pretty
Alas, pretty I never was, I live to see them bleeding in their sheets
You are a strange thing, the way your gaze falls on me so adoringly
Maybe you'll flee once you get a wink of what's underneath
A cold blooded creature, you better snap back to reality
Before you end up pained and crying in your sleep
Go away now, at once you must leave
It is a gift, you must know, my only act of morality
Go on, fly away like a bird and be free
While I watch you from the shadows, smiling wistfully
Descending my dark depths, I'll carry with me this bittersweet memory