Bother '23 (Still Bothered)

Wish I was too dead to cry

My self-affliction fades

Stones to throw at my creator

Masochists to which I cater

You don't need to bother

I don't need to be

I'll keep slipping farther

But once I hold on, I won't let go till it bleeds

Wish I was too dead to care

If, indeed, I cared at all

Never had a voice to protest

So you fed me shit to digest

I wish I had a reason

My flaws are open season

For this, I gave up trying

One good turn deserves my dying

You don't need to bother

I don't need to be

I'll keep slipping farther

But once I hold on, I won't let go till it bleeds

Wish I'd died instead of lived

A zombie hides my face

Shell forgotten with its memories

Diaries left with cryptic entries

You don't need to bother

I don't need to be

I'll keep slipping farther

But once I hold on, I won't let go till it bleeds

You don't need to bother

I don't need to be

I'll keep slipping farther

But once I hold on... I'll never live down my deceit