My flesh is covered with ash
And yet there is no flame to burn it down
Our sparks will never collide

And so this heat is just passing us by
I could become friends with air
If that would give us a flame to share
And I could burn myself whole
If that would only keep y

Now the ink is all dry
And I cannot erase it
And this cage that I have
Will not ever release me
But it's all right though
'Cause inside I'll be always yours

And here I stand, in quiet halls
No song to sing within its walls

I'm building the house of ink
Sel

Down in the limbo, where all the worlds collide
A tiny little soul has been tying his own knot
But how can we blame him, oh why we cannot see
The longer is the noose, the longer you will live

Come and take me, come and take me!

And if you were to die here my love
Oh,

If you're burning long enough
You no longer feel the pain
So look at me while I'm embracing the flame

If your veins are pumping mud
Your heart will choke on this dirt
So look at me while I'm clawing for breath

Can't you see me?

If I could see right through you

I'm walking the paper streets
And the pavement's bleeding with ink
I know my life is made of words
This house of ink will close

Strange that I've lost my path
Even though I have never walked
My lies, so comfortable to dwell
That I believed myself

While the moo