Shapeshifter

I have never walked away
In the sadness of this life
You know where it hurts the most
Now I tread the fearsome path
Of sweet vengeance and of tears in the dark

When the talons are fierce and the drugs are all quick
Guess you'll never find
A way out in a world of woe
I have not

And when it hurts
I will rise from the dust
I will sharpen my fangs
I will fist up my claws

And when it cries
To be out in the sun for just one day
I will lay it out and hate it

And break it
And take it
And make it

A way to remember
In the sickness of it all
The elixir in my grief
Held by ropes and by you
Tonight I'll wear the mask of the midnight

No more running away
I know now what I am
A fire upon my skin
A mistress, a man and his shame

In those discarded rhymes
I will tear through the winter woods
Let the ecstasy glow, let the rivers all flow
Let the blood drip freely of this man's disloyal veins!
And the soft candlelight

A moment of burning
Now watch it, it's burning, it's burning!
Burn with me, burn with me, burn!

Come do me wrong
Come hush my words
When all is lost and heavy are

Truth and pain
Embrace the night
Come shut the lights
Let the dream pull it's darkness over me
Once more