Live Without

A light so bright in eyes and heart
filled with dreams and life and love
And I don't want to live without it
I don't want to live without it
A scarlet rush of power
surging till I cannot get enough
And I don't want to live without it
I don't want to live without

A warm hand in my grasp,
a child's laugh,
and all those ticker-tape parades
replaced by icy fingers
and lust as empty as an unused grave

Your breath upon my chest
cementing bonds no earthly force could break
And I don't want to live without it
I don't want to live without it
A cruel voice whispering
of kings and wars and wives and lives to take
And I don't want to live without it
I don't want to live without

A warm hand in my grasp,
a child's laugh,
and all those ticker-tape parades
replaced by icy fingers
and lust as empty as an unused grave
So now I finally seize the chance
to make something more of myself
beyond the chains of morals
and constrictions of wealth

Now I can taste the tears
still hot upon your quickly cooling flesh
And I am going to live without you
I am going to live without

A warm hand in my grasp,
a child's laugh,
and all those ticker-tape parades
replaced by icy fingers
and lust as empty as my unused grave
So now I'll seize the chance to prove
I'm more than just a hollow man
So full of all the greed
and hatred of the damned