Bedlam

Thu, 06/06/2019 - 17:27 -- AbelPax

When you take your skin off

and stare at your bones

 

lay them out in the sun

and watch them turn yellow

 

 

 

When you smile use your teeth

they'll smile more than your hair

grow it out to the floor

and then forget its there

 

 

 

White as snow

 

Black as night

 

I wonder where we're going tonight

 

will I wake up with the morning sun

 

or will I lay to rest with troubles all undone

 

 

 

You think you got the answers

well anyone can see

that my finder's bare

with no purity

 

 

 

If you have the answers

then you know where you'll go

so make your accusations

and let Euphrates flow

 

 

 

White as snow

 

Black as night

 

I wonder where we're going tonight

 

will I wake up with the morning sun

 

or will I lay to rest with troubles all und

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