Death Is a Relief

Come and light the fire from every end

When our hands look old, when we smile at death

When the stars blur out, when our families die (will you think of me?)

Will I be there still? Will you still see me?

I am an ugly root

Knotting itself out of life

I want to breathe fire

I want to grind my teeth into dust

I was alive, now I lie

On my back in the dark, wounds opening up

In a meadow clearing, head turned

Smoke white pouring from my eyes

Drip me dry, feeding the earth

She deserves it more, should have spared her better

Wish I had more to give, if I could find myself, if I knew it then

Like you saw me now, I could hold you like you needed me to

It feels like I'm left behind

Watch how I'm eroding

Every time I'm all claw

Guilty for every rotting thought

It feels like I'm left behind

You deserve the world

I'm bleeding ash and tar

Never waking, I am guilty for it all