This Life

So you think you see the picture? Painted with the master's brush But the colors fade to darkness Just before the final touch 'Cause I tried to keep you from seeing The deepest part of my soul that's bleeding As the pendulum's slowly swaying It's the life in our heart's decaying It's such a beautiful tragedy A fantasy of poison and pain What you're seeing inside of me Is something that you can't change (Don't follow me!) Many souls have been corrupted So much lost in this embrace Leaving nothing more than sorrow In a life that's laid to waste But you're reading a different chapter I shouldn't be in the life you're after 'Cause you're walking into the fire You'll find out as the flames get higher It's such a beautiful tragedy A fantasy of poison and pain What you're seeing inside of me Is something that you can't change (Don't follow me!) Back off! Misleading Deceiving This life is unfeeling Misleading Deceiving This life is unfeeling There comes a day When they'll take this life and wipe it all away Then you will see Why I intended you to stay And this dismay Will be the reason why you will remain There is no pain It's such a beautiful tragedy A fantasy of poison and pain What you're seeing inside of me Is something that you can't change (Don't follow me!)