Arcades

Swimming with piranhas in my gut Feeding on the hand that waves good night For I am also what I have lost And I have it all except mercy So I wait in line And I wait my turn in line You're getting away You're slipping away from me And I know that soon You will be out of my hands Be assured we will not be ashamed For a second there it all made sense Standing naked so that they can see All the scars inflicted By the blade of my dreams And I know that soon you will be happy again. In my defense I never promised you the world In my birth marks I've begun to decode my fate I read the signs but got caught out by the hidden clues Another second too late