cold, distant light...

in this stale instant I might



believe I might be one with you

it seems it's all I ever do



this is pain, this hunger to be

more than I am but who I used to be

all I see in your sweltering gaze

is all that will never be



"you surround me in a tower of gold

you gave me dreams to dream and helped them to unfold

you saved me from myself and freed me from the stone

you are the bluest ruin I have ever known.

You took these broken wings and taught them how to fly

you gave me dreams to dream and gave me reasons why

you made me believe in you, you made me all you home

you are the bluest ruin I have ever known"



dark frozen stares...

across the aching sea of neverwhere

through the looking glass the sorrow swells

her bold pronouncement and her tale to tell

this is the (there is no) easy way out

through the Tower to the razor's shout

she spins the web around me and pulls me to my knees

she sets ablaze the Giving Tree and throws it to the sea



"you submerge me in your static gaze

you leave me burning in the shimmering haze

you are the one who leaves me clawing down alone

you are the bluest ruin I have ever known

you inspire me in ways you cannot see

and when I let go of my failings you'll be there to remind me

i'll drown in sorrow's wake, dragged down by the stone

you are the bluest ruin I have ever known"