flickering lights   as the movie rolls   camera's flash and the t.v. man asks   where'd you buy your clothes bro.      in need of no introduction you have got the charm   so briskly the head tilts back you've heard this all before   to see a light in eyes your spell is set on course   so free you wish to be no rose bows at your feet      a closet bear with me the situation is unkind   too ugly no fondness growing strongly tired   my back hurts i'm burdened throw me in the fire   save me i have become all i've despised   burn me i am laying on my altar broken   drown me sinking i can swim no further   save me from myself      distance myself from shrouds of dark that long for gripping me   and this my grave a death to bring my life to be   and i would pen the words if i could write the things my mind would say   and how i would shudder at the simple truth of sweet relief