But We Could Never See

Writing Exercise: Song Lyrics, Emotive Expression. 

Theme: Love and Loss.

One thing I've wanted to start doing is various writing exercises and prompts. This particular one entails taking a song or snippets of song lyrics and using that as inspiration/guardrails. As this is a writing exercise, it’s meant to be written in a relatively short period of time. Perfection isn’t the goal. In this case the goal is to carry the emotional weight intended.

For this writing prompt I chose Doomed (MAPHRA Vocal Cover) By Bring Me The Horizon. It's a moody, atmospheric song that, for me at least, evokes feelings of love and loss. I essentially listened to it on repeat while writing this. 

Bring Me The Horizon - Doomed (MAPHRA Vocal Cover)

"Come rain on my parade, because I wanna feel it. Come shove me over the edge, cause my head is in overdrive." Doomed (MAPHRA Vocal Cover) by Bring Me The Horizon

But We Could Never See

I stand here basking in glory, and steeping in my pride. You shove me down from the sky, and pull me into the pit, Sinking with me into the experience.  

Slip down with me and lock me in my cage. Leave me under the weight of these waves. Take this piece of my soul and tear it apart. I'm too close to the destruction, and too blind to see. 

Your heart's a light that's just out of reach, and I'm lost in this maze. Now I'm stuck in my head, and I'm overthinking it. I'm too far away, and too numb to feel it. 

We're just two spirits and we're dying inside. Crawling through hell and buried in our pride. I think we're sick, but I think we like it. You know we need chaos to survive.  

You offer your hand and I offer mine, but we hold too tightly. We pull each other down instead of together, and I think we want this. 

We're just staring into opposite sides of the mirror, and we're scratching at the glass. Our eyes see a reflection of the souls we could have been as we swim in our toxic lives.

When the moon sets, the sun will rise and burn away this illusion, and we'll see the light we destroyed. We'll let go, and live as echoes in the shadows that remain.

If I could go back I'd do it all again. I'd drown in the sludge with you every time just to feel it. In the end I want to hold on as we stand in the acid rain.

So take this piece of my soul and rip it apart. Just give me the receipts, and leave me with the mess. I'll let you go and be your martyr. 

Let me go and I'll keep you on your pedestal. You can look down on me as I stand in the scorching rain and let it all burn away. I'm too close to see it and I'm too far to feel it. 

Bury me here, but save your prayers. I was never looking for salvation, not for myself. We're all doomed anyway, and I think I like the sacrifice.