A monster settles itself in my bed

And with the morning light, I wake to his touch

A dull ache settles itself in my heart

And with the falling night, I promise the mirror to love myself

It all comes back to me in dreams,

In fragments and in snatches,

All doused in lies.

It’s eating me up

Oh, yes, it’s eating me alive

But I hold my own, against the tides and present storm

From the inside out, with simple strings and glue,

I hold it all together

And that was the boy who I once knew.