I am words I am speaking I never heard my conclusion Lost the way in my confusion, in illusion Lost inside the picture frame I'm not to blame; I didn't see the black flame I'm not ashamed; it's poetry, the black flame I'm rearranged; it's changing me, the black flame Burns my blackened brain I am strong, I am leaving I never knew I'd feel the need so Where to go, I'll turn the flow, I could not know Screams inside the burning pain It's spinning head, it's underhand--the black flame It lies instead, I turned and I ran--the black flame On me it fed; I understand the black flame Burns my blackened brain Run from me; don't you see That we are one and I'm a part of you? Get a way, any way I'm still a secret in the heart of you And I'm the burning in your soul Now I am weak, I am losing I never thought I'd stop trying I'm a lie, I'm just a sigh, just a crying Just a symbol of the game Suspended pain, I cannot face the black flame Intended fear, I cannot trace the black flame Extended reaching into space--the black flame Burns my blackened brain