You’re something that never should have happened.

Didn’t we meet in the night in my sleep somewhere?
When you sleep and you dream and there’s no-one there,
You don’t wanna know what’s running through my mind…

No more Mr. Nice Guy!
And I know trouble is brewin’ out there,
Your own private pain.
My sins cut deeper than the teeth on a saw
(Don’t tell your preacher) –

I’m so scared your little head will come off in my hands:
Your kingdom’s like your body; it dies and goes to hell.
I’ve got a never-ending battle inside
And I’m trapped inside a night without a day.

(sometimes, I just… can’t… die…)

But we’ll make it through our blackest hour
In a bad place alone;
You’ll still be waiting in refrigerator heaven,
Always chewing nails; it never, ever fails,
But it’s just a joke now.

I kiss the tears off from your chest,
So dead upon the bed, still searching for your head
And your carnival of souls.

I’m a picture of ugly stories –
Lines form on my face and my hands;
I’m no longer paralyzed.
I gave it everything.
My schemes are just like all my dreams;
Trash.

A melody black flowed out of my breath –
Look in the mirror and it scares me to death;
Gather round right now and hear me whisper
Grim facts every parent better know –
My conscience is on vacation in acute degeneration,
I never lied to you, I’ve always been cool.

Candle-lit puddles. Arthritic fingers. Yellow-stained ivory keys.

I handcuff your desires –
Can’t count the flesh that I’ve been through;
Alcohol and razorblades and poison and needles,
(love hurts good on a bed of nails)
You want it, you got it.

Straightened out my head, but my old heart is still a mess.
Drive on down to lonely street
Because it’s Judgment Day;
You never will understand
Your story ain’t so shocking.

You’re in my song, but you ain’t in my crowd
When you’re strung out at night on your morphine and meth.
You wish your blood were Novocaine;
Blood seeped into the soil –
See it written on the grave:
You think you’re in, but you’re getting nowhere,
Just part of this crazy dream.

The carnival… has closed.

I look so lifeless on this bed –
I’ve had so many blackout nights before.

Who put all of this in motion?
No more singing, no more laughing, no more sunny days,
Playing like today will be your last…

It just ain’t fair I was put in that position –
God made love crazy so he wouldn’t feel alone.
No farewells, no goodbyes.

If that don’t suit ya… that’s a drag.

Shaking my bed; no sleep,
Painting a picture to show everyone in the world –
All of my life was a laugh, and a joke.

My thoughts are hot and crazed,
Your world full of creeps;
All you’re really looking for is an even break,
And I’ve been waiting so long for this thing to come,
You won’t have a clue of what is coming next.
(Are you as tough as you sound?)

Why don’t you let me be?!

I don’t care if you ever get home –
We’re destroying time;
Thinking is your own world of living;
Now things are crystal clear –

You’re at war with yourself and nobody else!

Anybody’s mask can break,
But when your judgment came down even
It pulled me right out of a dream,
‘Cause Heaven’s where you are.

Come on, and search with me…

I know these streets like scars on my back;
Wonder what brought me back to earth.
Ain’t getting up soon at all –
I ain’t too comfortable in my skin.

These crimson spots are dripping from my hand…

Everything is dark, so why not accept it?
(I read it on a poster –
I’m full of dirty tricks.)

I’m just a face in the crowd; another average jerk,
Only different shades of grey.
If I pull this trigger in my mouth, will anybody care?
If there’s a hell, I’m one step closer to it,
And all of these things you’re offering me.

I know where you live.
I got some bad ideas feeding my brain.
This is your last dance –
I can cause you pain and make it last.

You’re poison, running through my veins.