dare you see a soul at the white heat?

come gather round people, come watch me bleed

for it is but my fate, no adopted professed creed

not atoning for my sins, and i don’t hope to be freed

come gather round people, come watch me burn

watch closely now, and see if you can discern

if the flames lick my heart, or if falsely i perform

come watch me lash myself as i dance across the streets

and drive hot spikes through my tongue and my cheeks

i’ll rip out my fingernails and on my forearms burn holes

tear out my skin in strips and walk on burning coal

watch the blood freely flow, see this chain of knives linked

watch the hot metal glow, smell the stench of burning skin

come, gloat and feel smug at being normal, sane

as i, the aberrant psycho, howl my heart out in pain

come, with your stone hearts and your dead eyes

revel in my sorrows and see if u come alive

come laugh at me or see if you want to weep

for joy is but fleeting, it is sorrow that is deep

come escape your death-like numb existence

but they say it may be contagious

so keep your distance

no artistic accomplishment, i claim no talent

i’m just another faceless nobody out to give vent

to this morbid fire that within me is raging

but come, for it’ll be a spectacle most engaging

and how real it will be! no fake pretense

but come, please; for i do need an audience