The Gatekeeper

Dynamite on my magic carpet tongue

That's the last thing I remember

And she, she was the boldest Aries

She led me out the backdoor

Till we reached a brick dead-end

That's when this deadly charade began

Never knew love quite like her body heat

And the silken robes we wore became ragged cut-sleeves

And I've always had a floater

But these trails are a different breed

And she's spinning my quarter

But it never falls for me

And my friends in the backyard are watching snakes unfurl

As they stab the red earth and finger their pearls

But I prefer the garden pool, it keeps the neighbors far away

And one tiny matchstick is the only heart I have to play

I thought I had real love, I always put my hands

On her bony shoulders, she liked it then

We all raced to hell in a golden-rimmed chalice

All part of our big, of my big experiment

But infidelity can't be commanded

Guess I always had a pacifier cold

My crutch of loneliness transformed

Into beds and vanity of old

I pushed them all to sanity's brink

So I celebrate their pink departure

Rolling round' in candle wax

Scrambled tape and fear's embark

Created a demon, thought I was Byron

And this little pet became the death of me

Perhaps I should've asked a question to myself,

Burnt my house down, and swam more often in the real

Too much pride to call out for help

Always too much pride

There goes a shooting star