Six Minutes

Creeping silent, dusk and dawn
The footsteps crunch closer
There's a man in the bushes and he knows your name
Six minutes to go
Friend or foe, no difference now
An enemy inside, a promise betrayed
A yes, a no, a glance, a plea
The silent screams we hear too late

Six minutes to contact
Five to attack
Four to violate
Three to penetrate
Two left to cry
One more to die
Every six minutes
The world stops turning

A little wine on the side, a hint of flesh in the light
(Let me hold your hand)
Can you drive me home, I don't want to walk in the night
(I'll walk you to your door)
It's been a wonderful evening, see you tommorrow
Five minutes to go
What are you doing, I said that's enough
(Don't you know I love you)
It's late, you drank too much
Come on, that's enough, stop
Five minutes to go

Six minutes to contact
Five to attack
Four to violate
Three to penetrate
Two left to cry
One more to die
Every six minutes
The world stops turning

What are you doing, don't touch me like that
I'll call you in the morning, now go home
(Why don't you love me?)
The plea in the eyes, the hurried goodbyes
(I love you, can't you see?)
Wish you could take it back, said no when you had the chance
Four minutes to go, until you feel the silence

Six minutes to contact
Five to attack
Four to violate
Three to penetrate
Two left to cry
One more to die
Every six minutes
The world stops turning

And then the world stops turning and nothing is sacred
Childhood memories you try and hold onto, but he takes you away
You have nothing left to live for, nothing left to die for
The blood that never stops and the tears that never show
Three minutes to go

Six minutes to contact
Five to attack
Four to violate
Three to penetrate
Two left to cry
One more to die
Every six minutes
The world stops turning

The darkness is overwhelming, you can't see the stars
The door is left open, and so are your scars
Too afraid to breathe, too broken to move
What's done is done, these final moments don't matter anymore
Two minutes to go

Six minutes to contact
Five to attack
Four to violate
Three to penetrate
Two left to cry
One more to die
Every six minutes
The world stops turning

And as the world slips away, she thinks of times gone by
Of memories that never happened, dreams that stayed in the night
She feels hatred, she feels sad, she feels confused, she feels bad
But she knows that nothing will be the same, in a world that left her
To die for her shame
One minute to go

~ Mike