I Will Lie

I will ask for a taste
 Of the malice you displayed
 Cause you're my ball and chain, my penitentiary x
 The case that won't let me get away
 I'm caught like a fish in a barrell
 Explosives around the outside
 I will not recite your carol
 I will not allow your pedestal to rise
 And I will lie and say i'm fine
 Even though i'm burning up inside
 My heart will fill with the carbon monoxide
 And all of my dreams will die
 As you light the fuse
 I will think of all the things i'll lose
 Some of those things include
 The ring that i bought for you, it turned into fire and then it stuck like glue
 To my wounded back
 Your words as sharp as thumb tacks
 My nerves will start running laps
 Sending every slur or curse my way
 And I will lie and say i'm fine
 Even though i'm burning up inside
 My heart will fill with the carbon monoxide
 And all of my dreams will die