Through the twists and turns of a world bearing truth
Betwixt a rock and a hard place living for a life without you
I've seen the epic tales of unforgiven tragedies
The rain of a million flames upon society's misbegotten fallacies
My eyes have beheld the candle in its dimmest hopeful flicker
Before it was squelched and we all became hopelessly bitter
Bitter at a world where the sun gets hotter every passing year
Bitter because our insecurities would not flourish without the insincere
I speak of a place where Hell is rising from its fiery depths
A world where people stop ascending and become addicted to meth
Because we aren't reasonably taught reason at home or in school
No, we are trusted solely to become the instrument and not the tool
Because we have all been betrayed, battered, lost and forgotten
Because our eyes are shot in blood, our mouths full of cotton
For those who do not struggle cast judgment on those who hide from the light
And thus I take this pill and drink this drink as my skin turns a starkest white
But personally? Sometimes I hate to close my eyes
Because to close my eyes is to be blind
And to be blind is to be kind and to be kind is to be liked
And to be liked is a curse because to be liked
Is to sacrifice our body, mind, and soul to kindness
Goodness I wish my choices weren't this or blindness
Oh if only I weren't so bitter so I can move beyond this ugly thought
I choose instead to open my eyes and see what my bloody hands have wrought
So here I sit at 2 AM with song and mead
As the galaxy burns and the heavens bleed
