The silence only grew
With the damage dealt
As you left me alone with myself
The life once imagined doesn't matter now
I want to forgive myself, but I don't know how
There are no more promises to keep
The severance consumes whatever's left of me
Haunted by the memories
Wandering this garden of stones
Longing for serenity
When I could still call you my home
The clock's slow passage won't cauterize the scar
Your portrait, staged and coveted, beholden from afar
I live in fear of the thoughts inside me
And I will now destroy this temple and surrender to the disease
I am welcoming this pain
Only spite and lust remain
Haunted by the memories
Wandering this garden of stones
Longing for serenity
When I could still call you my home
Hurt me, leave my confined
Drown me in a wasteland of my design
Spurn me, devoured by the flood
Hurt me again, like you said you never would
Haunted by the memories
Wandering this garden of stones
Longing for serenity
When I could still call you my home