Manipulation You knew your power over me When you put your hands on my hips I could see the devil in your eyes And the mischievous smile on your lips You knew you could fool me With a single touch Sending shivers down my spine Making me crave you so much You knew how to control me You did it so well too The way the lies would dance on your tongue And I would think it's all true You knew how to destroy me In such a ruthless way Because you held my heart in your hands And you threw it away

Broken Let me put you back together darling Even though I wasn't the one Who left you in pieces I will never know why you didn't let me in For I know that your heart is fragile And I wouldn't do a thing to let it break I'm sorry you could not see how their tongues were sharpened And their words sliced you open Leaving you to bleed Because they knew how to hurt you You let the wrong ones in And they used your past against you So I watch you fall apart from the outside Wondering what's going on in that pretty little mind As I hug you tight and tell you it will be alright I ask you what's wrong And I listen to The lies roll off your tongue Saying you're fine But I can see the pain in your eyes Telling me You're not Seeing you hurt is like daggers in my chest The way they would talk behind your back Putting your strength to the test But they know how broken you are And what goes on behind the doors Of your shattered home But the difference is They do not care for you they way I could Or make you feel safe When you feel the world caving in So you sit there With your strength running thin And all you had to do Was let me in

She No, fortunately She's not perfect She's a dance with the devil An avalanche of glory Leaving paths of acacia And mountains of ash She's a freak of nature Threatening every notion of balance She is all encompassing And all destructive She's a paradox in herself And so I am in awe of her And what she has done For she's challenged perfection And somehow, she's won [c.l.]

The Day the Skies Fell The sky doesn't seem so blue anymore And the sun doesn't seem so bright Everything seems so trivial Even the#moonat night This was the day the skies fell I felt darkness even when there was light Almost like my own personal hell Comfort was out of sight The stars don't shine like they used to There's a single reason for this issue The earth seems so barren I guess this is what the world feels like Without you #title

Lace I'll undress you 'Til you're nothing but lace You're fragile, with the utmost grace But I'll peel the fabric from your skin You hide your secrets In the sleeves of your sweater You lie to me and say You're doing better Though the sadness in your eyes Wants the truth to be heard But you look away Before they can say a single word You don't see your beauty And the way your cigarette dangles from your lips Killing you slowly Like the scars scattered on your hips You hide yourself Under layers of clothes Wrapped up in your own loneliness Thinking nobody knows #beginningline