Mask - Dead Flowers

Blood isn’t running isn’t

Pumping in my heart

And now my need

For what was something is

Just something in the dark

That I can see

Is something frightening

Alive in something kind

And they were auburn

And they were hazel

And lovely powder

But now they’re sable

All because

I keep growing

Dead flowers now

And the wind is blowing

A burning gown

Around me

I keep finding

Dead flowers now

And they’re all behind me

And falling down

Around me

The leaves are falling

And they’re calling

Out my name

And all the birds

That once were singing

Are now screaming out in pain

That I can feel

The fruit is ripening

But it’s rotten to the core

Pale rime enlightening

A skeleton made of ash and hoar

And so I

Keep growing

Dead flowers now

And they’re always blooming and

Turning brown around me

I keep finding

Dead flowers now

And there’s no way out

No beginning

And there’s no end

They’re all just dead again

Blood isn’t running isn’t

Pumping in my heart

And when I sing

About the flowers I’m just

Screaming in the dark

And now I feel

The wind is blowing

And they’re growing

All the time

And all the leaves

Will need to fall

Bind all the flowers

Kill them all

Show me the beauty

In the air

Glow ash and ember

Everywhere

Gasping and reaving

Breaths of air

And let the beating hearts beware

I keep hiding

Dead flowers now

But they

Die in the thousands

A swirling cloud

Around and this

Life keeps snowing

Dead flowers now

And I see no way out

No escape

And that’s why

I keep growing

Dead flowers now

And now there’s

No way out

No escape

And now I see

Them growing

On their own