Laudanum

It's all so useless

It's all so dry

Thinking I could get through this

Thinking we wouldn't die

It's all going dark

And my blood's running cold

Sinking through life

Doing what we're told

Answers don't matter

Details all fade

Life slowly crushes

Sweet memories we made

Laughter only echoes

Until silence reigns supreme

Fantasies don't transpire 

Privation eats away your dream

Obsequious still

Take my very breath

Really, I don't need it

Only ending in death

Nerves eating me slowly

Acid pouring from my eyes

Ate clear through me

Laudanum raining from their lies

Undergo an exchange 

One heart for another

Get one that doesn't leak so

Take one that doesn't smother

Hold it until it stops beating

 . . . until it all runs dry

Take my very breath, dear

 . . . you know I'll comply