Poison Was the Cure

I miss the warm embrace I felt

First time you touched me

Secure and safe in open arms

I should have known you'd crush me

A snake you were when we met

I loved you anyway

Pulling out your poisoned fangs

The venom never goes away

Serpent swims free in my blood

Dragons sleeping in my veins

Jackyl speaking with my tongue

Roach egg laying in my brain

Stalked beneath your shadow

Sleepwalking to the gallows

I'm the sun that beats your brow in

Until I finally threw the towel in

Never knowing if I'd wake up in a whirlpool got redundant

My brain was just some driftwood, in a cesspool I became dead

From a rock star to a desk fool was my destiny, someone said

Life's a tide pool, taste the waters, life's abundant

Taste me

Lead: Friedman