A/N: Vanitas's POV, mostly talking to Ventus, kind of just ranting at the world in general. I wrote this at midnight when I should have been sleeping but this idea wouldn't leave me alone.
Basically, my thought was: what if Vanitas still thought of himself as Ventus? What if he sees himself as the real one, and Ventus as the break-off who stole his light from him? The idea came up in an unpublished story I'm working on and has started migrating its way into my headcanon.
Also, I am still working on ASAS for anyone who's wondering, I've just been swamped with school lately and the next chapter's been giving me some trouble. I also finally got the pieces of another multichapter I want to write to work together… I don't know if I'll post it unless I finish it, but it's been taking up some of my writing time too.
"Trust in your heart"
It's the first lie they tell
Mine won't fly me to glory
It'll sink me to hell
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"Trust in your heart"
They don't mean a word
They stole my heart from me
Like wings from a bird
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"Trust in your heart"
Like I had a choice
It's running on darkness
It's stolen my voice
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"Trust in your heart"
But this heart isn't me
This hatred, this anguish
It's all I can see
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"Trust in your heart"
When it's killing itself
Let me just remove it
Hide it up on a shelf
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"Trust in your heart"
I trust it'll bring me more pain
I excise these emotions
But they still remain
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"Trust in your heart"
Just give up then I guess
Find beauty in chaos
And peace in darkness
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"Trust in your heart"
At last I understand
I can be Ventus no more
You're forcing my hand
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"Trust in your heart"
Fine, then see who I am
Emptiness made flesh
Your nightmares in my hand
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"Trust in your heart"
My heart wants you back
But you'll never fill in
The space that I lack
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"Trust in your heart"
As it's crumbling to dust
You slip through my fingers –
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So much for trust.