Tree Hangers

5/25

I know false hope,

Over and through my eyes
Around my neck
Hung on a tree with rope

All I wanted was to cut you free

From the cords that hung you from the neck,

The cords that swung you close to me,

When first we met
there for the last time

I had a cutting blade
I fell to the ground
Fearing nothing, not even god
I found my place
But found no rest
Dead men tell no tales
And fingurs examined
I knew what I'd done
What I'd chosen

So it's love I lose,

Day by day,

Night by night,

For time and opinions to slight

My death at their delight

I walk on a fire

As you are in flames

Needing nothing that to me pertains

How can you break and be so desired?

I brought you where I could call you dearest

To take my last look

Everything fades into something else

I am hanging on the tree next to yours

Rotting with murderers, 

Thieves and Whores

Your choice is your choice

And you will never understand

Why you tried to kill

A lifeless man

I cut you down from where you hung, 

Not the other way around
I taught you that there's no other ground
Than the one to which we're bound
And if I sliced you, when I set you free,
I hope I hurt you more than you hurt me.