Sinners

I’ve made mistakes, I’ve let the world down
disappointment rests upon my cracked crown
my head leaks sorrow like rain at a funeral
it bleeds the joy no longer found within you
enacted a plan to suffer in life
As complete as a husband with no wife
I’ve flown too close to the sun
now my engine’s stalled
it’s so peaceful, the veins in which chaos runs
I’m infatuated with the beauty of my fall

there’s only one side to the stories we tell ourselves
we are all sinners, but I am a sin itself
tell me you love me but you can’t trust me
no one makes mistakes but me
judge me and make me pay the price
let my sins live as I die

Cry sinners, cry from the start
cry for the sinners with foolish hearts
all sins make my fate the same
life is a losing game
sinners be human, be true
but don’t expect for much longer, to be you

The oils from my skin
are used to burn my sins
I’ve done so much wrong
10 years of love, in a day undone
sacrifices must be made
can we make it
calm the turmoil I’ve created
but the storm has left us wasted
defeat isn’t bitter, it’s sweet, I can taste it
I won’t survive when I face it, I embrace it

I’m moved by your sorrow
I’m sympathetic to your tomorrows
I see your pain
I see why mine could never be the same
undeserving of merit from a broken past
the temporal nature of credit, it never lasts
no wrong has fallen upon me in this lifetime
I’m damaged, crawling, seeking passage
hanging by a thread, there’s my lifeline
pull it and let me be done
I was always going to be wrong
I’ve accepted peace won’t come