Bitter-sweet nostalgia... Desire pulls hard But it's too late Dead are all my virtues And gifts It dulls not any pains And hard covet Reaps a poor harvest In these latter days Starve me in Bone man torture Skin-tight lover Pound upon pound Of flesh paid well With gnawing ache And hunger But your want lies asleep Under frozen layers of ignorance Or even fear Dressed in sacrilege I sprawl in hurt ...And wear thorns Just for you Read my scars Count my sorrows But see me! 'Lest the cruel beauty In my song face the trial Of deaf ears And that is truly worse than d**h I dance in your spirit And sleep so well in your arms Awake unattainable one... Awake...