The Betrayer

So here's some lyrics I wrote the other night around midnight while I was awake.

Here I am. Like a Phoenix in the dusk I came to steal your breath. No feeling. Numb. Cold. Alone. My own hands are wrapped around my throat forcing the breathe from my lungs. I fall victim once again. You built me to stand but I continually fall. My legs are weak and they crumple beneath the weight of the burden I carry. You made my hands to build but all mine do is destroy. The blood drips from my fingertips as I rip out the hearts from those I love. You created my mind to think and reason, but I wasted away. Like a husk in the fall I hung, bleak and dry on this gallows I built out of your bones. You gave me a chance to walk away, but I stayed. You gave me a reason to let go, but I held on. You offered me the strength to stand, but I push aside your help. Will you save me from me? Who will save me from me? You created me a man, but I'm no man. I'm weak and hopeless. Purposeless. Failing. Why is it so difficult to take a chance for you? I need to let go, rewind, restart.