A Guiding Light

Glass will encircle my body
As I wrap my indulgence around this tree
In a state like this, at a time like this, it's worth the accident
In this parallel state just above the city streets
I can fully develop while debris and light swallow me
And the asphalt is clearly impeding
That's where you'll find me

Only in dreams can you live a full life in an instant
Can you take someone's life then forget them
Can you give up your soul and existence?
Just for a sigh of relief

You're an autumn victim, like falling leaves
A phantom in the dark of night, a blinding fire, a guiding light
If we held on like lovers and stayed under the covers
We could have stayed warm but instead

I've got silver coins for the eyes of my patients
So the reaper doesn't sense ignored financial obligations
We're all television screens, we're watching families
Where life is nothing more than a dream

Can I stitch both my eyes while I forfeit
Can I fall from the skies while I forget
Can I wake in a hospital kicking and screaming
“What have I become?”

Only in dreams can you live a full life in an instant
Can you take someone's life then forget them
Can you give up your soul and existence?
Just for a sigh of relief

I'm a phantom in the dark of night, a blinding fire, a guiding light
A haunted child of strife and breath sent to filter life and death

Only in dreams can you live a full life in an instant
Can you take someone's life then forget them
Can you give up your soul and existence?
Just for a sigh of relief