Black Viens

Got a shadow where my faith should be,

You left your mark deep inside of me.

It don’t fade, it don’t clean,

Just runs like tar through everything.

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You carved your name in my bloodstream slow,

Ain’t no cure for what I know.

Every touch, every word you said,

Still echoes cold in the back of my head.

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You left your name running through my black veins,

Every drop a memory, every pulse a chain.

I don’t bleed red, I bleed remains,

Love’s gone rotten in my black veins.

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I feel you move when I close my eyes,

Whispered sins, electric lies.

You turned my soul to gasoline,

Now I burn calm, low, and mean.

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You can pray for light, I’ll keep the dark,

It’s the only place you left your mark.

I’d wash you out, but it’s too late—

You’re the venom that I can’t hate.

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You left your name running through my black veins,

Every drop a ghost I can’t restrain.

I don’t bleed mercy, I bleed pain,

And I still want you in my black veins.

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Ain’t no cleansing, ain’t no rain,

You live and die in my black veins.

If sin’s the blood that keeps me sane,

Then pour another and let it stain.