Hoping To Dream & Never Return - Inked In Blood

Every step I take in this world seems to sink — as if I’m sleepwalking

And the light I see is fading

To concede my defeat would be bliss to me

My vision begins to fade;

a tunnel around my sight

The future seems so improbable

If only I could run faster than these demons

If only I could fly faster than these lies

I keep closing my eyes hoping to dream and never return

To slit my wrists and spill my blood would sing the sweet song of oblivion

These leeches that come to me at night —

These sirens softly singing almost have me swimming

These phantoms that whisper to me;

their breath — so cold, their voices so loud

The ties that bind — would steal the breath from me

The ties that bind — begging me to sleep

Yet I choose to live and reject this demise

For hope remains where there is life

My life — this day, has almost claimed me — yet tonight…

Tonight I am alive

All it would take is a word, a single loving word from you

And I would have the strength to overcome the walls

That I have built up against myself