a darker whole concealed
within the folds of a truth revealed
a blank passage
unread chapter
in my book
of memories
It crawls though the space behind my face
trying to complicate the scene that sur
trying to shed my skin
I crawl back through the womb again
the pieces shattered
I'm falling further from the truth
pay no attention
to the man above the room
I'll break the tension
he won't get his
hold me underneath the water
rinse me till I'm clean
stretch my skin and scratch the surface
I promise I won't bleed
I never wanted to be born into this
every time I hear your voice it makes me sick
see the world with jaded eyes
the shallow structures of our crime
the stone falls from your hand
you slip under the sand
try to understand
conscience forms a plan
see the world with painted eyes
col
shoved in to this box you've put me in
kept locked down, if trapped I suffocate
livid in this world you've created
searching for a doorway
out of this sick, repulsive, hypothetical vision
wasted
on re
drifting away, feeling the puddles of
consciousness drain
knowing the way, transient shadows of being remain
feeling betrayed, fearing the whole will be
swallowed again
lost and awake, sift through the
Shot Down
Shot Down
Far gone you walk along a long road
Stole from a dream, the story you told
Preachers on the TV preachin 'bout the enemy
Only show that's on is hypocrisy
You wash your hands clean
chasing writing on the wall
bullet-proof and ten feet tall
staining minds with every breath
mocking every chance you get
I stand up to you and I see right through you
I hold my fire up to your paper v
in a darkened room
sun burned a hole in your eyes
afraid to leave the tomb
afraid to look at the sky
you will be waking soon
come on and open your eyes
you will be waking soon
come on see through th
