We Are All Escapists

I don't want to inflict pain
But I won't be satisfied
Unless I can see the suffering
Reflected in your eyes

Now I can see your agony
Now I can hear your cries
The vile lies of your shadows
Leads me into the dark
(Into the dark)

Forgiveness is not a feeling
It's a choice you can make
But the world breaks me into pieces
And I can't wait for fate

In the banquet of consequences
You will face your own will
It comes to you as a healer
From your sleep of death

We are all escapists of our being
And prisoners somewhere
From the deepest sin every now and then
All the time we waste hating ourselves

I'm not trying to walk on water
I don't tell you how you feel
Someone caught me on its thorns
And left me maimed to dwell

I'm not telling you stories
About betrayal and betrayers
Sometimes you have to die a little
To be reborn and rise again

We are all escapists of our being
And prisoners somewhere
From the deepest sin every now and then
All the time we waste hating ourselves

We are all escapists
From the deepest sin
Every time I close my eyes
I'm trying to believe
We are all escapists
From the love within
Every time I fall again
Into my own dismay

We are all escapists of our being
And prisoners somewhere
From the deepest sin every now and then
All the time we waste hating ourselves

We are all escapists
We are all escapists