chronikuru

as long as I stay in the dark I can pretend night isn't over I can pretend that it's still yesterday and nothing's changed I can hold onto my childish dreams so don't blink and keep pretending until the sun shines in the shatter the illusion but for now we can keep whispering in the dark and the promises, illusions will never die and neither will we

"I'm moving tonight. Far away. My parents won't change their minds. They say I'm becoming odd and depraved here." "Will I see you again?" "As soon as I can leave them, I'll come back to you. My 18th birthday is in two years, two weeks. August 19th. I'll be with you a couple days after that, okay?" "Okay." And they don't cry, and they don't say goodbye, because they'll see each other again. At midnight, she begins her countdown. Two years, one week, six days. Years pass. She waits. She celebrates her birthday alone every year and then finally, her countdown is done and she sits on the roof all night. All week. Every night of every da

"So where do you want to go?" "The stars." A knowing smile and a hand is extended back with a pill gently resting on the palm. "Why?" "They're waiting for me to join them." The pill is tipped out, tumbling onto the hand that moves to catch it, silent acknowledgement of the response. And as the pill is swallowed he says, "Make it a good one; it's the only one you got." Before she can as what he means she is gone. She is among the stars.

You look up into the darkness And your mind paints it with points of light "Stars" The wind whispers to you And you draw them "Stars" Though you know there's no such thing You look up and the moon looks so alone Swimming, drowning in the darkness And the world whispers that it shouldn't be this way But you're the only one who can hear "Insanity" They call it "Confusing dreams and reality" But you know what's real And what's a dream "Stars" And "this world"

Catch me as I fall Don't keep telling me to hold on Let me pass into that realm The last great adventure I have no fear Let go of my hand Lay me down gently As breath leaves my lungs My soul flies away Weeping around me But I am in the abyss No feeling

Smile through the pain Aren't illusions lovely things? Rage against the world As the madness fights for control Dig yourself deeper into this hole But don't let the world know Hush, they'll stop our game of pretend Don't let it end It's only for me and you Don't let them in As they tell us what to do, how to live Practice your smile in a broken mirror If they see what's inside it's all over Our little game of pretend Blink back the tears as the world falls to ash Look but don't feel Even if it's your fault, all your fault You don't have to care Their lives still go on Though ours lie in dust Our ruined fantasy And our rui