Winding Down

Winding down

This is the way

Take another to forget

Take another for today

And I give all that I can

What is it that you demand?

Every wish, my command

Washing cycles in my stomach

This is a sick, sick game

Go chasing after a dream

Watch it come crashing down

To burn in the pile

Lit years ago, with ashes knee high

Winding down again

This is my way

Take another for the thoughts

Take another for the pain

Little round candies

Marked with little letters

Wash it down

With a scent that burns my nostrils

But what beautiful colors

You must see

As they form expressionist art

On the walls and upholstery

This is the way you disappear

And repentance for all my years

It was all leading up to this

Winding down

The only way

Why are you still here?

What is it that you fear?

Or is it me?

Yes that’s it

It’s me, isn’t it?

What crawls under me?

Takes over everything

And moves my body

I’m going down

I think I see the end

Some silhouette beckons me

And it’s you that I must bare

So I take another one

Take another one for you

And I’ll meet you there

It burns, winding down

Oh how much it burns

But this will save me

I am prepared

Embracing you is darkness

I am aware

The ash falls off my stick

I drink another lick

Winding down

I’ll meet you there

She will save me

I’ll meet you there