FIREPLACE


The fire is in sight
I can see it in my window
But nothing ever felt better
Than the burning of my flesh

There was no water in my ocean
Filled with pain
Nothing to douse the flames
So I used gasoline

People who live in glass houses
Should never throw stones
But when it starts to burn up the window frame
There will be no last words

The way to resist the guillotine
Is to cut off your head
Throw you heart into the desert
And never remember what it was that you said

When the fire begins to lick the electricity
The sparks will fly as soon as
Everybody cannot see

Careful with the things that you throw
They could poke out somebody's eye
And then they will not see your anger
Just before they say their final goodbye

Welcome to my house of pain
Why don't you just come in
And you may never leave my party
Until the fire eats away all your skin

When you step out the door the waiting crowd will just see
Your veins and your arteries
Your nerves will be pulsing
And your eyes will bulge out of your skull

The fire squad will get out their hoses
But it will not help you
They think they can put out the fire
But all they shoot is alcohol

You crumble from the waist and then you
Fall to the ground
A pile of bones and squirming muscles
Your blood screams goodbye

It was just the one candle you wanted
The fire that you wanted to see
Burned away at your mind
You followed your voices into my world
And now you will never see
The rest of your life
Because I melted your eyes