The Beggar

Summer turned to winter and now summer came again
 Leave a candle burning so my words won't be scattered in vain
 I've been biting on my lip and I've been chewing on the pain
 Swallowing up the sadness and spitting in the rain
 The truth is I'm afraid all the time
 Like a beggar
 Take this heart and take the salt
 You downright should it's all my fault
 I told you once you told me twice
 My fucking math, a poor disguise
 Hands they shake when you don't watch
 I'm screaming like a madman behind the door
 All the mess that you won't touch
 And more and more
 The truth is I'm afraid all the time
 Like a beggar for your love
 For your love
 For your love
 For these crumbs paid the price in flesh
 That you never even came to charge
 For the beast that hungered, starving
 It resides in me
 The beggar inside of me
 The truth is she's afraid all the time
 Like a beggar
 A lost child she's wandering, bare feet and cold
 Dreaming of Phoenix a path to unfold
 The triumph of mermaids and lead turned to gold
 But the truth is I'm afraid all the time
 Like a beggar