Ride of Deceit

You welcomed me with open arms

And immediately spun your lies,

Forgotten images of reality past

Love borne of a spiders web.

I succumbed to hope,

Gave in to love,

Sacrificed my inner self.

You took all that glimmered,

All that shone from my heart

And put it on the shelf.

You sucked me in,

Played off my knight,

Took me on a ride of deceit;

But the devil cannot hide

Her crimes of love,

Truth will always beat.

And as time passed

I sunk even deeper

Into the mire of a love betrayed.

I lost sight of me,

Gave in to you,

My soul it overpaid.

You sucked me in,

Played off my knight,

Took me on a ride of deceit;

But the devil cannot hide

Her crimes of love,

Truth will always beat.

As the debt amassed,

As the burden grew

And my heart lost its soulful way.

You just roamed the surf,

Finding lovers at every turn,

And I was drowning as you played.

Losing sight of who I was,

Scrambling for the light,

Fingers scraping as footholds gave,

Fighting the descent of night.

You sucked me in,

Played off my knight,

Took me on a ride of deceit;

But the devil cannot hide

Her crimes of love,

Truth will always beat.

And then things changed,

I chose to grab the light,

Chose to scale the face of hope,

Chose to fight for right.

I reached inside

And found the strength

To conquer all the pain.

Reached the peak,

Stood proud and tall,

My love and power regained.

You sucked me in,

Played off my knight,

Took me on a ride of deceit;

But the devil cannot hide

Her crimes of love,

Truth will always beat.