I know.
I know your name.
I know your name.
The face you offer up to me
Is compliance.
Faith, following, prayer.
But I know your name.
I've seen the other side of that mask,
A starless night,
All the horrors it contains.
I know, there's scratch marks
On the inside of your skull,
Crazy,
But there's no escape.
The truth will always out.
I know your name.
I know your name.
January
Paused at the edge
Of the lamplight
Afraid of the darkness beyond,
It's been so long
Since I last saw you,
Yet I'm here again,
With a rose.
January snow so silent
Will soon cover any tracks
I might leave,
Some still ignore
The truth that I loved you,
Forget me and bury me too.
But for as long
As I'm still breathing,
Every year I'll bring you a rose,
A kiss,
From our long hot summer,
To melt the January snow.
Silence
I've left behind so many people,
Moved on,
Lost touch,
Not really bothered,
Some would say,
An occasional bitch,
Who cared,
Just not enough.
Until you.
I've tried so many times
To get my head around
Your silence,
It kills,
In the middle of hysteria,
Work,
A modern world,
I reach for your words,
But they are old now,
And belong to a different life.
I miss you,
But wonʼt ask how you are.
You brought light,
To a dark heart,
I miss you,
But I wonʼt ask how you are.
So close once,
Now worlds apart,
I miss you,
I wonʼt ask how you are.
I loved you,
But I won't ask how you are.