Creepy Alternative ballad with acoustic guitar, orchestral drums and sparse synths, in the vein of Limp Bizkit's "Behind Blue Eyes", or Staind's "Ugly Like Me"

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Song from the viewpoint of a self-conscious stalker (not necessarily a true story)

“Pretty Little Thing (I Wish)”
Capers Simmons

VERSE I
I wish to possess you: heart, body, mind and soul
I wish to consume you; your pieces make me whole
I wish to control you, my puppet on a string
I wish to caress you, you pretty little thing

VERSE II
I wish to inhale you; you are the air I breathe
I wish to impale you – imbibe the life you bleed
I wish to exhale you; you are the hymn I sing
I will never fail you – you pretty little thing

CHORUS
Both fetish and saint, you burn on your altar
That I will create – I shall be your martyr
We will share my suffering
My pretty little thing…

VERSE III
I wish to sustain you; you are the one I need
I wish to contain you, and thus contain my grief
I wish you could love me and share the joy you bring
I wish you were ugly, you pretty little thing

~ CHORUS ~

VERSE IV
I wish I could taste you – I’m sure you taste so sweet
I wish I could face you, if I were not so weak
I wish I could know you, and know you complete
I wish I could rape you, and break you down to me

CHORUS II
You’re purer than saints who’ve passed through the fire
I’m soil and taint, contagion: desire
Wasting away, forsaken of God

~ CHORUS ~