8 March 2013
I'll politely tip my hat To strangers that I meet But I only search for food The liquid that I need To purge the darkest lust To satisfy this greed
As the watchman lights the wick My shade is cast for none The London night falls thick And my hunger has begun I haven't always been this way I was once as you are now I long for life again And I will have it, this I vow
But I don't possess the power I haven't got the fight To wrestle with my instinct In the cool moonlight Bereft of all that's good Of all feeling I am numb I've become as those I've loved Now I must love what I've become Innocents for the slaughter Darkness fills me yet again I'll leave you on the cobbles Asleep with vivid crimson stain Then I'll straighten my appearance And wipe clean the spots of blood Will I then take a man of means Or young virgin just in bud
Please never ask for this For it's not a path I'd choose You may pass or walk my way It is your life to lose The morning will arise And quench the murderous night I'll quietly make my way Amid the fading lamplight...
Lamplight • Opuss № I