My Exit In Red

Hell Within

I've bled myself a river red
 Well, I'll bleed for you no longer
 Time will not be kept my master
 My riddled body shakes
 The fear inside me breaks
 The arrowed tongue beckons me Crawl...
 Enslaved my bitter soul
 A hundred knives cutting, stabbing
 My brittle bones
 Ground in the grease of addiction
 I've seen the end
 Through many miles of long dead road
 Leading nowhere
 Have I stayed for too long?
 Hold fast the moorings break
 So frail the chains
 You can't heal the wounds I've spent years on
 So callous in our shame
 Blind to what I hide
 Grip the wheel, lead footed
 Straight to my demise
 No sympathy when the addict dies
 I've seen the end
 Through many miles of long dead roads
 Leading nowhere
 Beneath the river bed
 A scarlet rive red
 Flowing cold from the hole in my head
 The lives that we make are only a prelude to our graves
 A shell of a man takes his shot
 Just one shot to the face
 I'm blind to what I need
 My resolve fast fading
 Stomach knots
 Evisceration
 My god can't you set me free?
 Lord, end this tragedy
 I've seen the end
 Through many mile of long dead roads Leading me nowhere
 Beneath the river bed
 A scarlet river red
 Flowing cold from the hole in my head
 My exit in red
 Grant peace to me