(Serpent of Old)
Will you hold my hand
Or will you hold me down?
Life is just so simple
When you're not around.
Do you love me
Or do you love the way I make you feel?
Is it that I see the good in you
When you don't believe it's real?
With your own two hands,
I've watched you kill.
You've tried to break me,
Break my will.
I've heard the orders fall from your lips
(Lips I've tasted)
I've felt your fingers dig into my hips
(I've seen them wasted)
You've broken me
Into so many pieces
They swept away in the wind.
Half of me is missing
Because of your sins.
I've watched you condemn to death
The innocent and guilty alike
I've been bent to your will
To avoid your viper's strike.
You haven't blinked
When my blood was drawn by others
And you haven't helped
The girls taken from their mothers.
You live among demons
And declare yourself better than the rest
But actions speak louder
And you've never failed a test.
(Serpent of Old)
So why do I love you?
I've felt you torture
The man of my dreams,
And I've died as you killed him...
Twice it seems.
You've broken your promises
And let it go too far
I'm not sure if my mind or my body
Carries the deepest scar.
You've ordered my torture too many times,
You've no concern for my health.
You've no concern for the innocent,
No concern but yourself.
I know in my heart
That you have no cares outside of yours...
So what is it about
A man who has started wars.
You risked me to save me
Until my mind fell apart...
Though I knew who you were,
I knew from the start.
I am your property
And you do as you please.
Just like the cancer
You've filled my mind with disease.
(Serpent of Old)
So why do I love you?
Why do I love you?
11/07/20