My Darkened Rose

It is as if I have forgotten how to breathe
I soak up your presence for some angelic relief
Your words are the lines on my face
The scars on my heart that I hold so dear
If I knew of a way, I would steal your very breath
And erase every scar holding your heart in its cage

Maybe my words seemed too empty for you to believe
Maybe my promises were just the nail in our coffin
If I held you one last time, Could you be my heaven
Could you be the angel that saves me one last time
I will wait until your heart stops beating in my chest
I will forever be yours, Through the rough seas and the faraway shore

It is as if my legs are running in place trying to catch you
I embrace your lips to make me numb and to forget every truth
Your smiles are the cryptic thoughts inside my mind
The tears in my eyes that define my reason of existence
If I knew of a way, I would sweep you off your feet
And quiet your lungs of every ragged breath that begs for mercy

Would you be the darkened rose that sets fire to my soul
Or the seed that escapes this tiresome world
Would you be the drop of rain that soothes my parched throat
Or the flood that wipes away everything that I have worked towards
I will rip open the veil that blinds your searching eyes
And every rotted board that covers your darkest secrets