Death Is a Business - Riverstyx Lyrics

Once upon a time we would walk 'cross that bridge
Hand in hand so far from sorrow's fringe
When my hours in the daylight I searched for your smile
Through the night I would stay just to hear your voice
Memories of you bringing me joy seem unreal now
As if only fantasy in my head but I

Know I lived in the walls of my dream
'Til they came crashing down, the nightmare revealed

You just raped me and left me for dead
You stabbed me in the heart
To your delusions you made me a slave
In bondage I'm still chained
Convinced me I was the one to blame
I cut my own hands just to make you whole
You buried my love you shut yourself away
I filled this emptiness to the brim with hate

You tricked me again and again with your crap as I fell for the traps that you laid
Was my trust nothing to you
There's nothing to say or to do to convince me that you ever cared about me
Don't keep me waiting for you

Always in my mind's eye there was no one but you
Tell me what did you do that shook me to the bone
Time spent with you only timeless time away it was endless
And each day we built with the dust of our hope

I thought our blind charade would go on
'Til I caught a glimpse of the wreck just beyond

You just raped me and left me for dead
You stabbed me in the heart
To your delusions you made me a slave
In bondage I'm still chained
Convinced me I was the one to blame
I cut my own hands just to make you whole
You buried my love you shut yourself away
I filled this emptiness to the brim with hate

You took and you stole and you thieved and you cheated and lied as I gave and I gave
Wish you'd stop smiling at me
Pretending it's all in the past or it's venial, trivial, circumstantial
Why can't you see what you did
What you did to me

Late at night in this silence I turn to her so desperately
Forgetting all our fires and the burns they left on me
It slips our minds, we smile and nod, but it's lurking underneath
Wake up the next day and find myself in the blasted heath

Better leave those wounds as all unopened scars
Never more a word lest I let you wreck it all
I've built a world so strong without you, why let you in, see it all collapse
And now when I think about that bridge, I pray today won't be your