Ashes Are What's Left

And now that I am all alone

And all the men have come and gone

The ones I found, the ones I lost

The ones I left a tragic mess

And now that I am all alone

It's so much better than I thought

The nights are mine and mine alone

I rip their pictures from the wall

The ones who came and didn't stay

The ones from whom I ran away

The ones that overstayed their use

The ones who begged for my abuse

The ones who battered one and all

The ones I pushed to watch them fall

The ones that didn't stand a chance

'Cause from the start I knew the cause

And their distress was what I sought

To love, to loathe, to fuck, to fight

To watch the days turn back to night

And now the nights are mine alone

And daylight breaks and bruises form

The empty space upon my bed

Will not stay empty for too long

Another man will come and go

And still more bruises kissed with blood

A minor price to pay for love