The icy hand of fear holds me tightly, squeezing the life out of me I beg for him to loosen his grip but he only laughs He is my dark lover, my only friend He says he loves me but he is a liar Terror is his brother who comes to visit on occasion Heartache is his cousin, partying on the weekends They rule my life, they stifle me They tell me I can't win, I can't live without them They laugh as I cry and toss and turn through the night They are as real as the dark memories hidden within my mind They lurk beneath the surface, coming out at night to shriek They are the ghosts of things thought gone and forgotten But really only buried deep within the tomb called memory Shadows lurking, waiting for me to crack under their pressure I and only I can face them, yet Fear holds me back Taunting me, tormenting, laughing at my pain Healing tries to step in to save me, but she is too weak They overpower her and drive her away Fear is my master, I am his slave Oh if only my knight in shining armor would come and slay this dragon So healing can come in and embrace me Hold me and comfort me as I cry A knight with the sword of love, to slay Fear and Darkness, Terror and Pain Hidden memories forced out in the light But then I realize, that only I can kill the dragon And I cry in my weakness, pitiful and alone Sitting in darkness, this is my home |