Black Attic

I'm not sure if these should be two separate works, or if I should combine them to make one. Any ideas?


"Black"

what good is your heart
if it costs you your soul?
if your soul turns black
your heart's just an empty hole

what's more important
your soul or your heart?
you're bound to lose both
if you can't see in the dark

its muscles are weak
you drown in the blood
dying words you speak
they won't do any good

an eternal place
the purpose to life
one day you'll wake
to the taste of your knife


"Attic"

i held you so high
you just pushed me down
i want to know why
you never came around

like a doll in the attic
you only wanted me when bored
i was the drug, you the addict
but i'm a slave no more

our love vanished
like your marks on my throat
our love was banished
like a rock we would float

you killed my soul
i buried your heart
we lost control
your eyes went dark

dirty nails
bloody knuckles
you're blazing trails
i'm making knees buckle

Thoughts? Opinions? Critiques? Ideas?

My Reinvention

"Don't Look Back (Reinvention)"

 I'm gonna carve out my eyes
and replace them with daggers
I'm gonna cut out my tongue
and put a pistol in there
I'm setting fire to this house
and every single bridge
when it's burned to the ground
then my future begins

*it's cold inside, on the floor
I can't breathe anymore
my eyes are dry, there's the door
I won't bleed anymore
now bring me in, pour me out
you know what it's about
no more fear, no more doubt
now it's time I walk out
if you can't hold me,
you can't stop me*

I'm gonna slice every vein
and fill up with poison
I'm gonna sever every finger
one for every reason
I'm setting fire to this house
and every single bridge
when it's burned to the ground
I still won't let you in

*it's cold inside, on the floor
I can't breathe anymore
my eyes are dry, there's the door
I won't bleed anymore
now bring me in, pour me out
you know what it's about
no more fear, no more doubt
now it's time to walk out
if you can't stop me,
you can't hold me*

I won't look back
I'll never look back
I won't look back
don't ever look back
you can't stop me


~RileyVelvet