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

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

Revenge is as ugly as Me

"Vengeance Is Mine"

your stare
cuts the temperature in half
your glare
turns the room into a gilded cage
I can see your fiery breath hanging in the air
would it kill you to know I didn't care?

*I feel your claws scraping my back
and now I know how to attack
but there is one thing that you lack
my fire
I could always turn around
but it's too late for that now
make your familiar sound
you liar
and when your heart breaks down
every piece touching the ground
and I'm nowhere to be found
you'll remember*

your eyes
reveal the secrets you thought were hidden
your lies
prove your act is all just smoke and mirrors
if your mask slipped could you be real for a minute?
or would you shrivel without a face hiding in it?

*I feel your claws scraping my back
and now I know how to attack
but there is one thing that you lack
my fire
I could always turn around
but it's too late for that now
make your familiar sound
you liar
and when your heart breaks down
every piece touching the ground
and I'm nowhere to be found
you'll remember
you'll remember
you'll remember*

but her speech is like razors
and I don't think she'd even notice me
advances don't seem to phase her
she's a lot harder when she breathes
she's a lot softer when she bleeds

*I feel your claws scraping my back
and now I know how to attack
but there is one thing that you lack
my fire
I could always turn around
but it's too late for that now
make your familiar sound
you liar
and when your heart breaks down
every piece touching the ground
and I'm nowhere to be found
you'll remember
you'll remember
you'll remember*

what retribution feels like
what my vengeance tastes like
so say goodnight
so say goodnight

~RileyVelvet