Word-Witch

Creeping behind you, it's that flicker in the corner of your eye. But when you turn around, nothing's there. Shadowing your every footstep, overlooking everything you do. No one can see it, only your eyes can. It brings you down to a place where you do anything, be anything, say anything to get out of the hole it's carved for you. You scream, you cry, you hurt yourself in desperate attempts to ease the pain raging inside you like a fiery inferno, grazing your happiness into ash. You try to live, but the shadow smothers you, darkening everything you see and everything you hear. Finally you can't stand anymore, and you break down. The ve

VERSE 1 I can feel it growing day by day As words exchange, it remains the same It's always there; it's there right by my side And though I don't know why, I run and hide All the problems just keep building up And I try to fight, but I'm not that tough Hard to focus on the different smiles It's too hard to see, it has been for a while BRIDGE All the questions, all the problems And I know that I can't solve them Why I bother trying I don't know All the bad times, all the tears cried All the things that I can try to hide I am helpless; I just watch it grow CHORUS All the pressure and the stress I see It all comes down on me And now I c

When I look at myself sometimes, so happy and yet not, I remind myself some things don't change. The things I've said to people with the pure intent of pain, Those things will never go away. The scars I inflicted on myself and on others, Those scars always remain the same. The dark mood that surfaces sometimes when I'm alone, Is there with me through every day. The memories I have of people being inhumane, Those memories will still remain. I have so many good days to outnumber the bad, And a lot of people live like that. The thing I just keep repeating to myself: Is the bad days are in the past. I could easily live each day like before

Her tiny diamond heart that hung so long on fragile chain Now lays forsaken on the ground in a mess of scattered metal. The pieces scatter everywhere, naively running from his cruelty As they hit the wooden floor, the sparkling silver smashes into dust. She wants to collapse to the boards and pick up what used to be hers Collecting diamonds piece by piece, until the floor is silky smooth. Instead she must cower in fear of what he might do to it next Crying and trapped in modern hell by her mistaken innocence. Tears blur the faceted jewels as his foot crushes through them Blinding her to what she must have enough sense to see. She wants t

Look at her face, so shiny and new Look at the world, what it could do Look in her eyes, so naive and sweet Look at all the bad people she'll meet Look at her smile, innocent and bright Look at the ways she could lose her fight Listen to her voice, happy and strong Listen to all that could go wrong Look at her hands, so trusting and tiny Watch as she can't find a silver lining Look at her skin, so smooth and unmarked Watch as the scars start to become so stark Watch as the world shows its true ugly face Watch as she loses her one special place