Defense Mechanism

The holy waters of the blackened seas 
  A gulf that separated you and me 
  The shadows as they weep 
  A dog will chase its tail 
  The beauty of creation is alien 
  The solitude is your relief 

  Sunlight through the wall 
  Slamming of the door 
  The snake curled up in sleep 
  The rustle of the trees 
  You swore you would return 
  The hell is the others 
  And the heaven is a hell 

  It's my own 
  It's my story 
  All alone 
  It's a defense mechanism 
  Fight or flight 

  Doesn't matter 
  At least you're not asleep 
  Your debts are paid in silver 
  And your last coin's in the deep. 
  You think you want a taste of madness? 
  I think you know the taste of that wine… 

  A tower shining white 
  The stone within the plum 
  Don't you know what they know? 
  The devil hates the sun 
  The brewer of the liars 
  Won't need me for a while 
  The killer wears a blue suit 
  But I'm not wearing mine. 

  Fight or flight 
  It's my own 
  It's my story 
  All alone 
  It's a defense mechanism 

  Watch them go by tired 
  All these beggars 
  Stage is soaked with sweat 
  And waltzing dead men 
  Whistling in alleys 
  Carpool tomorrows 
  Sealed and stamped with sorrow 
  Wasted, wounded 
  Now that I kissed her 
  Canned chatter 
  Burnout gold dust 
  Bury the dagger 
  Cain and Abel 
  Thoreau 
  Now that I kissed her 

  It's a defense mechanism