Heartless/Breathless

I stand before you stripped down
A microphone and guitar my only weapons
The onslaught begins slowly at first
Crooked lines and hooked words
Fall from open lips like a leak
                                              at first.
Then slowly the words become heavy and break
Through the make-shift cage and burst into a waterfall
The air becomes thick and heavy
Suddenly a pause cuts like a knife
You are nothing more than a pawn
In this game I've been playing with you

I have dropped my defenses
I'm once again stripped down
I will let you in just this once
Don't step on my toes
Don't break the silence
Leave everything the way you found it
Once you're out of sight, you're out of mind
I will become a fragment of a tainted memory
You will become nothing more than fuel for a fire
This flame is burning a hole in my chest
I'll feed the flames with each of my breaths
Robbing my oxygen from my lungs
Finishing me off the way I began