The Black Dahlia Murder

To You, Contortionist

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your eyes push shards of glass to mince my defenses
I never thought i’d feel this way - memories haunting every breath
it frightens me to know I can never be rid of you
after a year, you still stir something in me
the hate has faded but the disgust remains.
I recall when only warmth and acceptance filled your eyes.
if I could understand - what turned you against me
if I could just understand - what hardened your stare into scorn
what was it worth to you - to turn me inside out?
you became he that we hated - left me with scarlet eyes
and an empty chest - its been a year and I still feel nauseous
brown eyes cut into me - parting once friendly flesh
I burned your pictures away - but I can;t stop remember whens
the city has not felt the same since
though your stare has hardened - this cold contempt makes me wonder
could an ounce of guilt boil in your blood?
this blood we shared - seeps from an ever present truth
a missing piece of my past - still makes me crawl the other way
no I can’t forgive - as you embody my regret
you are the living proof - that i’ll never ever trust again
I never really told you what you had meant to me
ere my lungs met the ire of your voracious mouth.
so now I walk alone through the ashes of our ties.
my mind flooding with memories of endless summer drives.
i’d love to talk with you to fully understand
what finally drove you to this choice - to smash my heart
but some things are better left unsaid.

	

Submitted by

big_zig On Sep 13, 2002

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by hatebreeder

20y ago

yeah, they are great... but what's with the 12 year old girl typing -_-

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by upsidedowni 15y ago

LMAO

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by Selfmutilized

20y ago

They are not hard-core, little girl. They are metal.

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by rock_n_roll

22y ago

definitely. this band is fucking awesome

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by hrehocikj

20y ago

How is The Black Dahlia Murder hardcore? I think they sound pretty death metal dont you?

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by 060606

20y ago

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! BDM=HARDCORE????? NO!

BDM=RIDICULOUSLY IMITATIVE, i apologize for saying so, FAST

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by hrehocikj

20y ago

Hey Selfmutilized, I was referring to the first entry here. I wasn't asking if they were hardcore asshole. Why don't you read everything before making dick head comments, little girl.

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by WakeToLife

19y ago

Black Dahlia is pretty much black/death.

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by XslipknotX90

19y ago

ahahah..12 year old girl typing LaWl!! Anyway they are death metal for the most part but i can see why u might think they are metalcore.

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by disasterpiece1989

19y ago

metal??? i can MAYBE see how some of there older stuff would be metalcore but ONLY for the fact that some off there older stuff woul be metal riffs with breakdowns which in a nutshell is the definition of "metalcore" but for the most there melodic death metal and badass may I add

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by MyOwnBlood

19y ago

Haha no you're wrong. Melodic Death metal is Death Metal originating from Scandanavia, and Dahlia uses a similar style They consider themselves "Hardcore influenced death metal" The only thing black metal about them is the song miasma and the voice Trevor uses. This is anything but emo core.

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