Her Name Is Miss "L"

It's that thing that won't go away
And it visits when I'm weak
I say no not you today
Keep your business in the street

Forked tongue sealed with crimson lips
But her fragrances are sweet
She wants to take me from this light
She tells me it's okay to cheat

When the winds blow cold and sour
That's when I call her name
I surrender all the power thinking I'll just compromise blame

She always answers faithfully
And says that she'll be my friend
When I arrive, she leaves and all I feel is
Empty, once again

3 years I've been out of this prison
But she still knocks at my door
Up out of the water I've risen
To tell her this old dude is no more

She multiplies into many
I see the plastic disguise
The sinking sand grabs my ankle
But my wife is burned in my eyes

So no.
I can't let you in.
I open one door and close the other.
Just go.
I know someone whose name makes your insides shutter.

So move on now
His chains were broken
Now he's gone
I don't know how
He let them fester for so long
I've spent way too many afternoons just making it through death
Her name is just a ripple in the water that I left