Jane Doe

Steel strings howl like sirens in the night
Bass drum beats like a heart gone mad
The air burns thick the sky turns tight
Guitars bite and claw it's all I ever had

Name scratched out on a nameless grave
Lips taste like salt from a life I gave
Hands that built now claw at the ground
The weight it drags the screams compound

Who are you when the light burns black
Who am I when I can't come back

Jane Doe where did you go
Where's the face I used to know
Gone like smoke on a dead wind's blow
Jane Doe oh Jane Doe

Staring down the walls of a stolen time
Slick with the sweat of a nameless crime
Laughter like knives it cuts it tears
The silence creeps but no one cares

Who are we when the truth decays
What are we when the fire won't stay