1. PURPLE PAIN

Under a stairwell inside of a dream,
Hanging on me like lights on trees.
Rain in the summer, fell through the heat.
Days were like hours, months like weeks.

I came around, jingled my keys.
Watched for cops and checked my teeth.
Collapsed in the bathroom and slept on the floor.
Mentioned nothing of this to anyone I know.

Saying everything I want to hear you say.
Shine only for me.
Constantly reaching
Chasing a feeling
Crawl up the steps to me
Burn all your sins away.

Constantly reaching
All of these deep dreams
Always

Walk like men on death row do
Following my every move.
A straight line, to the end of life.
I can't see the end or when the lights turn on.
Squeeze the trigger slow, let it be a surprise.

There was a war here, that face can't lie.
Into a hallway, between two beams,
Smiling like children and giddy like thieves,
Stealing moments
Removing time
Shifting creation to be by my side.
Fought without reason
Belief without sight
You opened the door on this purple life.

Walk like men on death row do
Following my every move.
A straight line, to the end of life.
I can't see the end or when the lights turn on.
Squeeze the trigger slow, let it be a surprise


2. ULTRAVIOLET

Ultraviolet
Burn in silence
Feeling timeless
Stretch my eyelids wider still
I need to find this violence
I must end this mindless trial
So I kiss hearts like wings on angels
Righteous
Vengeance
Red dress
Red lips
Red skin
Red blood
Dripping against this white line in time
So scared
So dry
Strike like matches on this mattress

No more resentment for memories relating to the right and Wrong
Of what I do
Inside of me is the light of you
The witness of truth
There was a young boy once, whose smile was wide
And his face was bright.
I was a young boy once
That was miles ago in another life.

If I could go back to then
I surely would, just to see me then
When time was like an orchid
Heat helps these flowers grow

Praise the name
Praise the holy name
Though I burn in life,
In eternity safe.

As I drift from life to death
From love to faith
To pain to break the mirrors again
Just to see where the pieces go
I know they're always far from here
They carry the image, both distant and clear
Made to look like the things they see
Parts of heaven pulled from parts of me