Eroding like the phoenix
The rage inside me burns
I've taken my oasis and made it this desert

Vultures flying, gliding, biting, ruin what i have
A skeleton, hallowed out
The outline of a man

Emotions wander to the top
Like a submerged spring
Only to evaporate, steam in heat so blistering

For as long as i can remember
Feels like i've been throwing rocks on the fire
Lying and denying

Doing what i can
Just to keep this dim light shining
I guess it's true what they say

Some coal will never be diamonds
The emptiness
True happiness, i was only given a taste

Until the poison chose to devastate
As far as the smile that grazed my face
Again, the mirage, your ugly hand erased

This arid land i wander offers me no cure
So through the barrenness i must endure
I'm now a mosaic of my broken portrait

And no one but myself to blame for it
Looking out over the overcast and bleak
I know not what i seek

But the coxcomb forms only to break
As i stagger into the red