This Sickness Withered My Heart

Slowly it crawls from the graves
The burial ground of my soul
Thick as malevolent fog
To poison what's left to corrupt
Consciousness bleeds
Like a gaping wound
Strangling the weak ghost of hope
Facing the abyss of what I became
A despicable creature of scorn

I murdered what was left untainted within
This human shell's gone
Like a snake shedding its skin

Feeling malignancy's clutch
Twisting my guts inside out
Deserted floor of my mind
Haunted by spectres of smiles
A will to do harm, destroying your lives
The voices I welcome tonight
They come alive when dusk is long gone
Darkness reflecting my gaze

I murdered what was left untainted within
This human shell's gone
Like a snake shedding its skin

This sickness withered my heart
This sickness defines what I became