Velvet Walls

I lay here in crushed velvet
Scarlet red to match your veins
Tears are falling from my cheeks
As I describe this feeling
That's been locked away in chains

You dye your laughs with grey
To match the color of your eyes
And words are spilling from your pen
As you refuse to describe
Anything to unmask your disguise

Cemented in this moment
It's been two whole months
Since we last laughed aloud like before
And the wind is screaming at us
But I can't leave you here with no sun

I'm sorry I have to care so much
Beating bruises beneath my skin
I'll apologize for nothing else
I'll be mad about nothing else
But you have to accept that you already let me in

My lips still tremble in time
To the beating of your heart
Murmuring prayers for it
As I watch an angel break
And tear it's tear stained wings apart

You look away just in time

To miss seeing my distress
My arms ache to hold you there

So you can't run from this life

And you'll have no great pain to express

My words drown out the sound
Of the bullets whizzing by
Taking the strength from you
As i try against your will
To save you from them and their black skies

I stand by you in crushed velvet
To match your fighting thoughts
Catching every star that threatens
To burn you once again tonight
I'll hold the clock in my hand and drown out their shots