Pygmalion's Ladder

So maybe I shine by reflecting light
And in the world of fiction I've settled in
Condemned myself to solitude

Light and dark
My home
Despair
Laughter
And tears
My voice
And your touch

So maybe I'm damaged beyond repair
I sleep in my ivory cage with shutters down
But I already ___ my dreams of us

Light and dark
My home
Despair
Laughter
And tears
My voice
And your touch

Embraced by the storm of clouds
My lucid nightmare is back again
For _____ of the rising tide
I run away from the flood of vile fields
I reached out my hands to you
But I drown in the murk with my silent scream
Suddenly!
Suddenly!