Tell Me

If given the choice
What would the rain do
When it's done pouring
Would it feel sorry
For the earth
I'm hearing a voice
Sharp at the edges
For its own glory
Built up a wall of steel
But it still hurts
Every night
Do the shadows follow you
Just for fun
I'd kill them for you
If I didn't have my own
Swear I could hear
Every piercing scream
When the sun came up
But I'd rather have them haunt me
Than feel so alone
Got lost
Searching for a soul
That never existed
Found
Answers in the blood
Of an empty river
Slaves of time
For eternity
I'll have this burning question
Eternally
Tell me why the sun only rises
On the dark side of the
Mountains that can't be crossed
Why hard work is a knife
That never gets sharpened
Even in the face of loss
Why you find it easy
To let me go and watch me fall again
When you know the pain
All too well
Tell me why
Why
Why
Tell me why
Why
Why
Tell me
They say that the pain
Paves a path for perfection
But it doesn't translate
Past face value
Feels like a replacement of
What I had to
Lose to my empty birthright
In a cage that was
Trapped in moonlight
Even though I pray
I see nothing more
Than a cruel smile
Aware that it's hostile
They say that the point of life
Is to live in misdirection
So we could find the middle ground
Before a mid life crisis
Before we end up in the mist
And I'm trying it hurts and I
Give up so easily
Why does it have to be me
I can't take it it feels like
The world doesn't want me
Is better without me so
Tell me why I'm here
(Tell me why the sun only rises
On the dark side of the
Mountains that can't be crossed
Why hard work is a knife
That never gets sharpened
Even in the face of loss
Why you find it easy
To let me go and watch me fall again)
When you know the pain all too well
Tell me why
Why
Why
Tell me why
Why
Why
Tell me