You whisper to me, you call my name

From deep inside I hear you

Will you ever reach for me?

In the light, I try to force you away

But when the darkness overcomes

I belong to you

Are you real?

Maybe a punishment set on my head

To purge, to twist the knife

Maybe you are

Just a broken dream

Cutting me too deep

Making me bleed for you

Maybe you are

Just a curse

Forcing me to search for you

In the eyes of every stranger

Letting life leave me behind

Are you real?

Maybe a punishment set on my head

To purge, to twist the knife

Maybe you are

Just my imagination

My mind, tormenting me

With dreams of something I'll never have

Maybe you're here

Just to rip me apart

To make me tremble

Make me ache

Sometimes I want to beg you

To leave me alone to die

For life without the pain

You cause

Is the same as death

I would ask that you do not seek me

In this living death

For here there is no struggle

And in this gentle mercy

I would forget both love and sorrow

Are you real?

Maybe a punishment set on my head

To purge, to twist the knife

But you

My delusion, my reality, my tormentor,

Will never leave me

If I pleaded, if I accepted

You will make me bleed for you

Forever

Maybe you are

Sweet solace

My redemption

For at least,

Even in this torture,

You will never let me be alone