pain
i need to escape
must still the pain

inviting glances, her voice purrs delight
perhaps she will, maybe i might
curves of delight, soft to the touch
i'll yield to her embrace, receiving much

passion will save me, ignited by lust
healing me forever, a longing that must
be united by voracious appetite
here i'll finally find, ease in this night

morning greets me, empty and spent
for long was the journey, dark places i went
memories haunt me, where i have lain
for bliss has left me, still the pain

i cannot go on
i am beaten and crippled
i endure
and, still the pain

hunger drives me, desire to be feed
with buffets and banquets, butter and bread
taste so sublime, pleasure my pallet
in this food i will find, relief from it

that starving will cease, cravings no more
so engorge me, fill me that's what i'm for
yet, hunger persists, no relief do i gain
with belly filled, there is still the pain

i cannot go on
i am beaten and crippled
i endure
and, still the pain

look doctor i cry, see this injury here
without your attention, i'll die, i fear
so now i've found, the answer i sought
it runs through my veins, these pills i have bought

for no more do i feel, that pain now so dull
gone forever i know, i'm truly once full
wait, it fades now, give me again
that treatment so true, ah my new friend

till more's not enough, and much has been lost
i've run from my pain, and see what's cost
i'm faded and gaunt, alone in the rain
for here i'm once more, still the pain

i cannot go on
i am beaten and crippled
i endure
and, still the pain

now the pain does it's work, i'm twisted and torn
empty and broken, weathered and worn
this vessel of nothing, a shattered jar of clay
i know the sun will not rise upon me today

here i seek that so deeply sought
the essence of ease, that couldn't be caught
by the desire of man, or the skills of gain
for Surrender has found me here stills the pain

i cannot go on
i am beaten and empty
i surrender
and, still now is the pain