A COLD TOUCH

WOUNDS NEVER HEAL, HEARTS NEVER LIE,

SOULS LIVE FOREVER, BUT THE BODY DOES DIE

FORSAKEN BY TIME, I RIDE THE NIGHT,

THE WOLVES DO HOWL AT THE MOON SO BRIGHT.

SPREADING MY BLOOD LIKE A DISEASE,

IN I DO FLOOD TO BEG ON MY KNEES.

I AM FORSAKEN FOR ALL I DO KNOW,

LET ME ARISE AND FREE UP MY SOUL.

CAST ME ASIDE SO I MAY FINALLY BREATHE,

IT WASN'T YOUR RIGHT, BUT YOU HAVE DECEIVED.

YOU TOUCH OF MY FACE AND SMILE TO THE GROUND,

THE FEAR I DO TRACE, AND FOR THIS I AM BOUND.

I SCREAM IN THE NIGHT, A HELPLESS NEW VOICE,

GIVEN INTO THE SOUND, NOT GIVEN A CHOICE.

BE CAST TO THE STONES FOR YOUR NOT TO BE HEARD,

SPEND LIFE ALL ALONE, REGARDLESS OF HURT.

PAIN IS YOUR PUNISHMENT, YOU GIVE ME WITHIN,

I WILL ALWAYS BE BOUND TO ALL OF YOUR SINS.

HENCE COMES THE DARKNESS, IT SETS IN MY SOUL,

DAMNED IN THE LIGHT TILL MY LIFE IS STOLE.

BETRAYED TO THE WOLVES AND THE HATE THEY DO BARE,

CUT THREW MY SKIN AND FLESH THEY DO TEAR.

TREACHEROUS AND DUMB I LAY AS IF DEAD,

AWAITING THAT BULLET TO GO THREW MY HEAD.

I AM NOT GUILTY FOR THINGS THAT COME TO PASS,

SO THE REST OF THIS WORLD CAN JUST KISS MY ASS.

I HAVE WATCHED YOU DECEIVE ME AND LIE TO MY FACE,

I AM NOT YOUR VICTIM IN THIS GOD FORSAKEN PLACE.

GIVEN MY HEART COUNTLESS OF TIMES,

SO SICK AND TIRED OF WORDS THAT DON'T RHYME.

RELEASE MY HEART FROM THIS ARROWS EDGE,

HIDE FROM THE SOUND, MY MOTHER HAS WEPT.

HOW I BESEECH THEE TO JUST WALK AWAY,

LET ME SUFFER ALONE IN THIS WORLD I MADE.

TOUCH NOT THE TEARS THAT HAVE FALLEN LIKE RAIN,

THEY MEANT NOTHING TO NOONE AND GOD HELP THE PAIN.

STARE AT ME NOW AND SEE ALL OF THE PAIN,

FOR I WAS NOT THE ONE, WHO HAD TO BE SLAIN.

NO HEART CRIED OUT HARDER, NO SCREAM FAILED THE TEST,

NO HEART LOVED LONGER OR BLED UNLIKE THE REST.

CAPTURED AND PUNISHED I BARE TO THE WALL,

I STAND FROZEN IN TIME, WATCHING MY SOUL FALL.

DIVING FOREVER BENEATH ALL OF THE DUST,

NEVER HITTING THE GROUND AS YOU THINK THAT IT MUST.

LAY YOUR HEAD BACK, SWALLOW YOUR PAIN,

FOR ALL I HAVE SAID, WAS SAID ALL IN VAIN.