This infection runs deep   Runs straight through my blood   I can’t keep it contained   And I find that even the thickest hearts    Can get burnt to a crisp   So I float away, float back to her   She rebuilds my heart with fake smiles   Then tears it down with one piercing gesture   Knocks me straight back to this painful state   My reflection in a blood-smeared mirror   Draws me near the surface of this pool of tears   And I break free, back to my home   Where I was raised knowing that our days are limited   As I look up to the stars at night   I cry, someone wipes the tears from my eyes   A tissue of sympathy   But I push it away   I need this now,   To know why I mourn   Why I cry   For someone that destroyed me   It must have been love   But its been burnt to crisp   I’m here waiting    For the ashes to wake   So I can take flight again