Before I Bleed

Every word
Every breath
I scream until, I’ve got nothing left
I drag the bottom
Just to see
Rape, genocide, blasphemy

Every cut
Every scar
Will help you forget, who you are
Reaching out, it’s time to hate
With every act of violence you create

Seething and scraping
Upon the seems
And stalking your courage
While killing your dreams
One more chance to make things right
I think I'll pass and kill tonight

Jesus Christ, it never ends
I try my best to make amends
Sink into me
I’ll make you mine
And knock you off your pedestal
You’re not so divine

(Chorus)
I scratch my soul
To watch it bleed
Tearing at the veins
Underneath
Leaving single thoughts of revolution
I’m inches away from absolution

In a furnace of time
Fast forward to the end
You've lost your chance
It's time to pretend
You're nothing more
Than a cheap imitation
A dirty whore
You sell your own nation
Scream in pain
You wretched faker
Wash up the rain
And meet your maker

I scratch my soul
To watch it bleed
Tearing at the veins
Underneath
Leaving single thoughts of revolution
I’m inches away from absolution

Tempest rising
And emphasizing
Closure has come
Isn't it surprising?
Leaving behind
Lost and can't find
The way out of here
To subdue my fear

Within my dreams,
of suicide
The leaves they fell
From the trees and died
And left me here
Without a trace
With visions in my head
That I could not erase

I scratch my soul
To watch it bleed
Tearing at the veins
Underneath
Leaving single thoughts of revolution
I’m inches away from absolution

Fathom the crucial
In a wasted purgatory
Which leaves me wondering
You’re completely worthless
Live up to standards
Too high to reach in time
Regulate your hatred
And bust into slime
Covering heartbreak
In hopes of retraction
Bandage the wound
And get a reaction

Black rain falls,
Like souls in the lake.
Of the fire and hell that I partake.
I'm damaged, wrecked, and battle scarred.
And not easily repaired.
Black and red blurred
My vision impaired.
Stumbling through darkness
Not falling on my face
But trying to erase
Everything...

You've done to me.