Barricade

My parting gift

Hold me close, but keep the distance safe
between your pity and my shame
I am the emptiness you crave
the curse I brought upon myself

Bend me like a broken promise, like one of thousands
Let the silence be, let the silence be my voice

Let me drift away
a whisper that's lost between your breath
A fleeting pain, a fading echo
a distant face you won't remember
Let this feeling be my parting gift

My parting gift

Bend me like a broken promise,
like one of thousands
Cut the cord, sever the lifeline
Devoid of solace

Let me drift away
a whisper that's lost between your breath
A fleeting pain, a fading echo
a distant face you won't remember
Let this feeling be my parting gift

My parting gift
My parting gift

A shallow grave to contain this shame
Unworthy of the soil's embrace
To be born, to be shattered, to decay in quiet surrender
To be born, to be shattered, to decay

Hold me close, but keep the distance
Deny your mourning
Hold me close, but keep the distance
force yourself to forget