Save Yourself - The Funeral Portrait

The name of love and the mother of mankind

Another thought from another state of mind

Another victory could turn the tide

Oh god, we’re surrounded on all sides

What was once there is now a thousand years away

What killed me might not make you stronger, but it still kills me to say

I know that the light never left your eyes

You need it now more than ever

I bet the leaves are changing where you are

I know we can’t all sleep through the weather

Heartache and silence bearing down onto me

Forward motion, there is no more in between

I saw a vision of regression

It brings be back to all those nights I couldn’t sleep

My heart is somewhere in between us, but I won’t find it at the bottom of this

bottle

And then I asked myself, «Are you ready to go?»

There are still a thousand stories left to fall

When the crowd goes silent, the kids turn violent, pulling teeth and

fingernails to wear around their necks

Standing on my head to get a taste of oblivion

I’ll let it get a taste of me ‘cause all I bleed is medicine

Buried underneath a life of concrete and cigarettes

Fingers turn to roaches breeding sin among the throes of regret

Lost in time, bereft of feeling, I’ve decided to let them take me

Save yourself