Run

I know, I know,

I know who you are,

Who knew the future could fall this far?

On this unnamed night,

Under the rain

And the signs and buzzing lights.

You come into frame

With a single sodden stare.

This isn’t what it seems,

it’s some neon nightmare.

Your wide eyes scream,

Beautiful and bloodshot.

How much did you take?

You’ve long since forgot.

Don’t sleep, you’ll never wake.

It only ends one way:

The predator gets the prey.

So if you want to see the day,

I think you’d better run.

You look so pretty when you run.

As the spotlights shine

Beneath the skyline,

You run, cower and hide,

Heartbeat amplified.

The city spreads its legs,

Shows its great divide

For the freaks and dregs

To crawl inside.

Machinery deviates,

it escalates.

There’s no escaping fate,

the hour’s late.

Now your time has come.

You’ll feel my hand

Sliding up your spine.

Run!

You look so pretty.

It’s too late to confess, the guilty will expire.

I’ll wreck your dress with thunder and hellfire.

Short, sharp breaths, it’s down to the wire.

I am death, and you’re a terrible liar.

Run!

You look so pretty when you run.

I am death, I am death.

I catch them all.