Counterparts - Bouquet lyrics

Disconnecting veins in an effort
To release my tragedy
All that we leave behind is misery
And my disease is a sanctuary
A curse that unfolds like a novel
But, I’d sooner slit my wrists
With the first page

I find it hard to feel alive
While my heart beats in borrowed time
The cadence that I’ve kept confined
Existing only in the black behind my eyes
Not worthy of a memory
Deny all grief and force
Yourself to forget me
Don’t allow my ghost to linger
Any longer than it has
Let my spirit breathe
I’ve finally found peace

Allow me to exist only in
The empty spaces between breaths
In the margin of each exhale that
You’re sure that you have left
Be mindful of the way speaking my name
Could leave a poison on your lips
And the ache that binds your bones
Will be my parting gift

A grave unfit to bear the blame
Pale limbs like flowers to be
Tied in a bouquet
That the soil refused to cultivate
To be born, to live, to die, rotting away

There’s nothing to be done i can’t be saved

I find it hard to feel alive
While my heart beats in borrowed time
The cadence that I’ve kept confined
Existing only in the black behind my eyes

Not worthy of a memory
Deny all grief and force
Yourself to forget me
Don’t allow my ghost to linger
Any longer than it has
Let my spirit breathe
I’ve finally found peace