Victories

RPM 2013

see the bloodlust rise
in your watchful eyes
you’re taking aim again

will you pull me close
to better reach my throat
you wolf in woolen skin

I know far too well
how you kiss and tell
you sing your siren song

but these firefights
these verbal bullet bites
It’s too much to go on

but don’t mistake my
silence for weakness

keep your pity
I’ve grown pretty
tough from all these battle scars
keep on walking
you’ve just lost me
hope your hollow victories
keep you warm

save your compliments
empty promises
I’m finished with your games

did you think the heat
from our tangled sheets
would cover all the pain

and your miscalculated
importance

keep your pity
I’ve grown pretty
tough from all these battle scars
keep on walking
you’ve just lost me
hope your hollow victories
keep you warm

and I will change the
locks on my emotions

keep your pity
I’ve grown pretty
tough from all these battle scars
keep on walking
you’ve just lost me
hope your hollow victories
keep you warm