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Pain, it makes me stronger everyday

So why should I hesitate?

As I sit here with my knife,

but don't want to end my life

Just want to make it all okay...

My book  so thick with pain

You'll be sure to cut your finger

on the edge of each page

My river so damned

and ready to flow

It's up to me to carve out my rage!

You'll see my blood,

but you wont see my intentions

You'll just see one more

of my many imperfections

So bad, I wish you'd disappear

or end up dead

But I could never hurt you

so I hurt myself instead

Salvation through self-infliction

I'll bleed you out of my system

Carry it away, bleed all away,

just make it all go away!

So back away,

cause I'll bleed it out this time

This is the way,

I'm going to make things right

You won't give any answers

This eats me like a cancer

If I want to feel I've got to hurt,

there is no other way,

And there is nothing left to say

If I want to feel I've got to bleed!

It hurts so bad

I've got so deep

I feel myself falling asleep,

with my knife

I've cut through grief

And carved it into quick relief!

I see blood,

I feel more pain,

from this I know not

what I'll gain

It feels immortal,

and seems so wrong,

but wounds are open,

while scars feel gone!

As I sit here

With this knife in my hands,

the blood flows from my arm

Can you tell I'm still a man?

I can't tell the world

how much I hate them

So let hate flow from my arm

in new innovation!

Cutting deeper,

I'm cutting deeper

to get to the core

The pain is great

but it's much to late,

I can't take it anymore!

Must cut through,

must tear through me,

must puncture a hole

So, you can peer through me

and see the beauty of my soul...

Now!

Exposed!

Malice!

Repression!

No longer closed!

See the beauty of my soul!

Don't want you here,

don't need you near,

my thoughts are fresh,

my mind is clear

A therapy of my fresh blood spilled on the...

...floor!