Fading

The days grow short without you
If you're not there to guide me through
Amid self hate I can't see clearly
Can I live immortal till the day it kills me

Settle on me like a shroud
We'll forge a god amongst the crowd
You've been my vice for far too long
A blessed muse I daren't look on

So I turn back to you
I couldn't be alone
We need to stay entwined
Without you I am blind
You tighten up your grip
And as I start to slip
Into this fantasy
You drain the life from me

You touch me, I'm in ecstasy
Shield my soul, oh set me free
Higher
Take me higher
My only love, you smother me
And those around can clearly see
I'm falling
I'm failing
I'm fading away

In this trance I must remain
Out of reach, immune to pain
Tell me why do you forsake me when the good times end
I need you most when I descend

I'm clinging to what's left of me
While wrapped up so despondently
Reach me
You can't reach me
And pulling at a single thread
Unravels all these flaws instead
I'll rot away without a trace