There's a cove with iron colored sand Old bones exposed in the receding tide A pale rib curving upward to the sky Could be one of yours, could be one of mine I came here to cut out the memory Dull eyes, dirt in your hair Animal screams Scarcely muffled by the onward plod of time I will do anything to be set free It will forever seem unjust to me That this wraith is allowed to wander these streets I'd daub warning blood above every door To ward you off or at least forewarn But i know someday in the storm tossed wrack I will encounter your last victim Splintered bones wrapped in wet grey skin The carcass that I could have been