Abandon All Hope - Self Pity City

Self Pity City


Burn down the sky and drown the ocean, like cattle we race to die.
Share a drink with the moon and fall asleep in the tide
water logged yet burnt alive with my wooden friend by my side
He tells me it's going to be alright, but I know my bottle's his when I die
Against daylight birds will feed on my eyes, and then go hungry as time goes by
This crippled vesicle won't fly, in the sand my soul and bones lie

To the past lies are the only links, question every thought they made you think.
They bottled poison, sweet enough to drink.
I've done nothing wrong, yet feel so ashamed, for things I didn't do and for things I cannot change.

If you need me I'll be there for you but then I'll leave, because as much as I loved you, you were never there for me
I've lived in so many houses but never in a home, even with someone in my bed I always sleep alone.

To the past lies is the only link, question every thought they made you think. They bottled poison, sweet enough to drink.

I have no contempt for a God I know doesn't exist, only for the lies I was taught and the childhood I missed. For the emotional torment of life beyond this, and for the home I lost and for the family I miss.

This is the life I was born into, a dying cliff face that crumbles beneath you.
Weathered by the guilt of the heart I betrayed, no stone gravity takes can ever be saved.
This is the world that was given to me, nothing's sacred and nothing's free.
I've been dragged through the dirt by everything I ever loved, this world's a whore that murdered everything she ever touched. Don't say you love me if it's not true, pray for me and I'll rot for you.

To the past lies are the only link, question every thought they made you think. They bottled poison, sweet enough to drink.