Dead or Alive
© 2008 Martha Ann Brooks
I’ve sunk so low there’s no light when I look up
Ain’t half full, ain’t half empty
There’s not a drop in my cup
There ain’t nothin’ where my heart used to be
I may be breathin’ but I’m not livin’
This is just a ghost you see
Chorus: I’m not better off like I said I’d be
I’m just a shell, bone dry and empty
You could crush beneath your feet
I’ve tried to move on
But I think I’ve turned to stone
Dead or alive, it’s all the same to me
I took you in just before you hit rock bottom
Tried to help you to remember
Good things you’d forgotten
I thought if you could see with the eyes of your heart
You’d navigate those dark addictions
That wreck your life and kill your spark
Chorus:
Bridge: In just a blink or was it two
I’d found I’d lost you
No lighthouse could guide you home
With you determined to sink alone
Your albatross was so plain to someone like me
Perched on your shoulder, it weighed you down
Until you slipped into the sea
I held you tightly but you broke free from me
Spiraling down, without a sound
May your devils set you free
Chorus:
Tag: Dead or alive, its all the same to me