Your Hands

Your hands…

Always groping, holding and strangling me,

As they steal away every last trace of sanity,

They pick me up,And they beat me down,

They’ve given me life,

And they’ve let me drown,

You’ve watched me fail,And you’ve watched me die,

And you’ve watched my life pass before our eyes,

You can’t keep me safe,For my words are true,

All that I have to run from is you,

So now please let me go,It’s worth a try,

Give me my wings back,And watch me fly.

When the only hands there to hold you,

Are the same hands that hurt you,

All hope within you damned,

When the only hands there to hold you,

Are the same hands that hurt you,

Please know I understand.

Your hands…

Long since dead they don’t comfort me much,

Rendering me incoherent with every inciting touch,

They make me feel good,

And they cause all my pain,

They’ve washed me ‘till perfect,

But they’ve made me a stain,

You’ve seen me scared,

And you’ve stopped my dance,

All because of your harsh dissonance,

You’ve seen my imagination,

And you’ve broken my dreams,

And you jab me with needles as you sew all my seams,

So now let me go,

It’s worth a try,

Give me my wings back,

Or watch as I die.

When the only hands there to hold you,

Are the same hands that hurt you,

All hope within you damned,

When the only hands there to hold you,

Are the same hands that hurt you,

Please know I understand.

I can’t stay here anymore,Sitting on this soul-degrading shore,

I see the waves crash on the rocks,

As rust grows on my chains and locks,

It was you who left me here,

And you left me dying out of fear,

All the anger that you sow,

Happened just so you could know...

It was your hands that picked me up,

It was your hands that beat me down,

It was your hands that gave me life,

The same hands that let me drown,

It was your hands that made me feel good,

It was your hands that caused my pain,

Your hands washed me ‘till I was perfect,

The same hands that made me a stain,

When the only hands there to hold you,

Are her hands that hurt you,

All hope within you damned,

When the only hands there to hold you,

Are her that hurt you,

Please know I understand.

Your hands…

Are cold…