I wrote my sins on scrolls of skin
By candlelight, the dark slides in
I sang to drown the world within
Where your silence used to pray

I drank your tears, I breathed your tale

A shadow riding sorrow's veil
You touched my face, already pale
Then turned and walked away

I am the Nile - I drown, I feed
I wear your lust, I know your need
You drank from me, then begged for more
Your hands still bleeding at my door

I loved like death - with eyes half closed
And buried kingdoms in my throat

You carved your name into my chest
Where holy things refuse to rest
I kissed your doubts, ignored the test
The guardians all grew cold

Carve your stories in the bones
Where love once built its brittle throne
Now ghosts curl up and die alone
On pillows stitched with gold

I am the Nile - I drown, I crave
I loved you like a holy cave
Still bleeding quiet at my door

I loved like death - not soft, not kind...
But like the end you hope to find

And what was love but slow decay
A sacred lie we choose to say
The light retreats, the dark will stay
You always knew the cost.

I whispered truths you dared not speak
You knelt - not strong, not brave...
Just weak
And kissed the mouth that made you seek
Then cursed what you had lost.


I am the Nile - I drown, I flood
I carry hunger in my blood
I loved like death - not sweet, not blind...
But like the truth you begged to hide