A Lesser Evil

Another bloody Sunday silence
Punctuated by sporadic rainfall
The pictures living on my TV screen
Remind me of someone I used to know

So I found a girl who looked like you
I dressed her in your clothes
But somehow she doesn’t make love
Anything like you used to do

The final rusty nail forced through
Splintering arms of tolerance
The final straw that broke my back
My cross to bear and burn
And though this sorry life goes on
For the pathetic souls who don’t complain
Oustide your cage
I’m standing caged within myself

My love you’re thinner now
You can’t be eating properly
Your will is dimming now
Your eyes are fading

Skin and bones and bedding
Newspapers and gasoline
I fed the flame
The flame clensed

The final rusty nail forced through
Splintering arms of tolerance
The final straw that broke my back
My cross to bear and burn
And though this sorry life goes on
For the pathetic souls who don’t complain
I'll just keep staring at the past
Until my eyes start burning