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Blood Ties (Part 3): Death (Final)

And so it ends like this
Not with a whimper
And not with a bang.
A century of terror silenced
By the wood that sprouts from my chest

I watch you move around me
My eyes filled with terror and rage
And if I could smile I would.
Irony has not forsaken me
And no doubt that
From beyond her uneasy grave,
She is smiling too

Was it too much for you?
My poisoned love?
D...

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Blood Ties (Part 2): Communion

Hold out your arm, sweetness
Run your blade across the wrist
And press it to my lips.
Let me taste as the life flows out of you
Let me know you like no other.

Let me take my dark communion
And taste your holiness in my mouth
Let me soar in perfect rapture
Through the blood red skies of your mind

Let me drink from you deeply
And let me experience you completely
Everythi...

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Blood Ties (Part 1): Death in the Fog

The streets of old London are shrouded in fog
Like the catarac wasted eyes of an old man
I walk the night alone and fearless
the frozen air clings to me like a dead lover

I am not a candidate for crime.
Those who roam these streets after dark
Know better than to steal from me
I am notorious, feared.  A creature of the night.

So when I see you birthed from the haze
A smal...

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