I grasp at echoes in the dark
Your voice still lingers like a scar
The fire burns but gives no light
A hollow throne in endless night
The strings you pulled now cut my skin
A puppet's dance in halls of sin
The stars you swore
Would guide me home
Are ashes in the shifting foam
Deception's hand upon my chest
Your love was just a hollow jest
I bite the tongue that spoke your name
Yet bleed the poison just the same
The walls are screaming in my mind
A gallery of love maligned
Your portrait hangs with jagged grace
A hollow king with stolen face
I tread the path of broken vows
Your shadow stalks me like a prowl
The moon won't shine
Where you have been
Just rust and rot and shattered sin
Deception's hand upon my chest
Your love was just a hollow jest
I bite the tongue that spoke your name
Yet bleed the poison just the same
The crown you wore was made of thorns
A joke the universe has sworn
I spit the dust of kings long dead
And wear the night you left for bread