Gaslamp King Shark

On the table sits a wooden box

A faded picture beneath the lock

Something ticking

Something waiting

Smell of gas creeping through the floor

Danger knocking on an open door

Death crowned as a hollow king

Taking everything passion used to bring

(taking it down)

Deep water shark circling the bed A hungry stray dog waiting to

be fed

Love was the fire,

fierce and wild

Now the dark ate what passion styled

(yeah, it ate it all)

Look back at the table where the box remains

The picture turned over in the acid stains

Gas in the furnace,

spark in the wire

A crowned king burning in his own desire

(watch it go)

Shark in the shallows

Dog on the chain

Danger and death

Feeding on the pain

Deep water shark circling the bed A hungry stray dog waiting to

be fed

Love was the fire,

fierce and wild

Now the dark ate what passion styled

(it ate it clean)

Empty box

Burned-out frame

The dog ate the king

And forgot his name