I will not write you down
For you belong in my mind
Just as you are now
Buried deep inside the mine
Scrawled across my pages
Are ugly and evil truths
Diseased hearts in steel cages
And my own excavated roots
All my guts and all my gore
Are proudly on display
Tales of those who have left me sore
And all the times I’ve gone astray
But you, I think I’ll keep to myself
Like the selfish child you know me to be
With all my might and all my stealth
I will lock you up and hide the key
You’ll never see your name in ink
On this I swear it all
To them, you’ll always be extinct
A mystery unsolved
Treasure, do not misconceive
Your relevance and weight
Your mark is permanent on me
And every work that I create
I will always hold your hand
And I’ll forever wear your crown
At your side is where I’ll stand
But I will never write you down