Lights Out

We came here searching for a
A place that we could call our own
Inside a prison: our home

With no support or concern
Tenderness lost, where did it go
We were so high they had to
Make us feel low

So low

My sad thoughts became sadder
Became a rungless ladder
And once I couldn't help them climb
My life, it ceased to matter

Now you have the stage
So let your voice shout
Echo the words you heard
But never thought out
Ignoring the pain you can't explain
That comes from hive mind thinking

You'll find it easier to keep the knives out
Backed up against a wall
Until you learn how
Toxic the hyenas can be
To keep their moist lips bloody

Blinders ripped off, eyes open
The things once precious cease to be
I learn to swim by drowning
I fall to fly

I'm falling still

Eat it and repeat it
Until our seized throats start to cough
Maybe things were better
When we could keep the lights off

And it's all for you
So let that lip pout
Pour me another drink
And put my lights out

Fading's another way to say
You've got a heart for breaking

So, if it's easier, I'll show myself out
Circle my wagons close
It's just so odd how tears
And a clique of fear can't wait
To push you underwater

And the day will come
When it falls back on you
Watch them become a swarm
Just as the flies do
Carrion birds, all screeching words
Designed to keep hearts breaking

Maybe things were better
When we could keep the lights off?

Maybe things were better
When we could keep the lights off?

Keep hearts breaking

Maybe things were better
When we could keep the lights off?

Maybe things were better
When we could keep the lights off?

Designed to keep hearts breaking