Skinwalker

"Skinwalker"

I want to take a shower from the inside out
can I reach deep enough to scrub down to my bones?
[bones, bones, bones]
yeah I'll dig and scrape and bleach away every bit of you
but can anyone hold me if I'm nothing left but bone?

my threats can't stand
underneath your fiery breath
I count your faults like sand
there can't be any promise left

what will lift this curse off me?
I've drawn a chalk circle
left cuts where you could see
I'll drip wax from every candle
just to cast out the memory

*skinwalker
skinwalker*

I float without your bondage
I'm not used to this freedom
for so long I was your hostage
my heart may be forever numb

I want to take a shower from the inside out
can I reach deep enough to scrub down to my bones?
[bones, bones, bones]
yeah I'll dig and scrape and bleach away every bit of you
but can anyone hold me if I'm nothing left but bone?

what will lift this curse off me?
I've drawn a chalk circle
left cuts where you could see
I'll drip wax from every candle
just to cast out the memory

*skinwalker
skinwalker*

full of holes from the shotgun blast
this is the last spell you'll ever cast
full of holes from the shotgun blast
this is the last spell you'll ever cast

~RileyVelvet

How Do I Handle This?

"Unexpected"

 my skin is soft and hazy
your spine is weak and lazy
picking petals off of daisies
I'm not the one who's crazy
you ravaged my body
and you swore you were sorry

what do you do
when the pillar that held you
turns out to be made of paper not steel?
how do you handle
when the one who lights your candle
admits the flame was never even real?

*love is not a game that's won
it's a war that's fought
when you fly close to the sun
fragile wings get caught*

I wanted to wake up beside you
from this day forward
I dreamed of growing old with you
it's what makes this so much harder
your name is burned on my heart
but banned from my lips
our souls were joined from the start
but now you've let it slip

what do you do
when the pillar that held you
turns out to be made of paper not steel?
how do you handle
when the one who lights your candle
admits the flame was never even real?

*love is not a game that's won
it's a war that's fought
when you fly close to the sun
fragile wings get caught*

never say never
cause what you say next will be written on my heart forever

*love is not a game that's won
it's a war that's fought
when you fly close to the sun
fragile wings get caught*

~RileyVelvet

What's With The Life Vest?

"Castaway"

I told you I was right
if I walked away, you'd give up the fight
your arms may be strong
but you've been carrying shackles all along

who told you to jump ship?

I thought you had a life vest

I was trying to help you find it

how will you protect what's inside your chest?

*now you're cast away

(you jumped over the side, you're trying to hide)

you cast yourself away

(you keep it inside, a slave to your pride)

you're a castaway

castaway*

I told you not to sail at night
It's even harder to feel without your sight
Please please don't blink
I won't be able to save you if you sink

who told you to jump ship?

I thought you were still asleep at the helm

your name sticks to my lips

the anchor you're chained to has you overwhelmed

*now you're cast away

(you jumped over the side, you're trying to hide)

you cast yourself away

(you keep it inside, a slave to your pride)

you're a castaway

castaway*

don't grab my hand!

you'll pull me in!

~RileyVelvet

Save Us [Revisited and Renamed]

 "Dangerous Eyes"

I saw you as soon as I walked through the door
your hair reached to your shoulders and my jaw fell to the floor
and you said,
why are you all alone?

two years later and I finally had you to myself
but our love just wasn't ready so you put me on a shelf
and you said,
you're better off all alone

*and I still remember getting off at Hanover Street
and how comfortable I felt in the passenger seat
but still you left me stranded and I never knew why
I was too busy dreaming of your dangerous eyes*

two more years later and you show up once again
but I stop you in your tracks and say we can just be friends
but you say,
I still love you, always

*and I still remember getting off at Hanover Street
and how comfortable I felt in the passenger seat
but still you left me stranded and I never knew why
I was too busy dreaming of your dangerous eyes*

this story might sound happy but it never really ends
one will always give too much, and the other just pretends
so I'll say,
I will love you, always
always
always

*and I still remember getting off at Hanover Street
and how comfortable I felt in the passenger seat
but still you left me stranded and I never knew why
I was too busy dreaming of your dangerous eyes
I still remember getting off...
and how comfortable I felt...
still you left me stranded...
I was too busy dreaming...
dreaming of your dangerous eyes*

~Riley Velvet

Just Run Me Over Already

"Falling, Breaking, Walking"

everything I offered

you took

I closed my eyes

and you looked

I saved the best for last

but now it's all in the past

greedy hands grabbing so fast

into the darkness I was cast

when I needed, you weren't there

when I cried, you never cared

with shaking knees I held you up

still my strength wasn't enough

and now I'm falling and falling and falling apart

you keep breaking and breaking and breaking my heart

look at me like you used to!

touch me like you meant to!

I'm lonely and I'm dying

from a lifetime of lying

what's the use in trying

you just leave me crying

when I needed, you weren't there

when I cried, you never cared

with shaking knees I held you up

still my strength wasn't enough

but I keep falling and falling and falling in love

and you keep breaking and breaking and breaking my trust

now I'm falling and falling and falling apart

you keep breaking and breaking and breaking my heart

I scream

but my voice is just static

I bleed

but you turn your face away

I cry

but you just won't have it

I'd die

but I wasn't living anyway

when I needed, you weren't there

when I cried, you never cared

with shaking knees I held you up

still my strength wasn't enough

but I keep falling and falling and falling in love

and you keep breaking and breaking and breaking my trust

now I'm falling and falling and falling apart

you keep breaking and breaking and breaking my heart

now you're trying and trying and trying to stay

but now I'm walking and walking and walking away

now you're trying and trying and trying to stay

but I'm walking and walking and walking away

~RileyVelvet