Malice & The Fire

Wading in this apoplectic haze
The weight of the world, the death in your gaze
Standing on the edge of callous change
Indignant to your success, my shame
I found proof
Original sin, the snake, and the fruit
In wasting our youth

Sever the ties
Follow procedures
We all fall in line
Forfeit your rights
Embrace the deceiver
He wins every time

Sever your spine
Collapse into pieces
We all fall in time
Rip out your eyes
They see what we teach them
What's real in disguise

Resonating misanthropic hate
I've made up my mind, too battered and bent
Saved for those who question my disdain
Glamorous doom, repentance inane
I refuse
To believe in those who doubt
The hangman and noose
Let 'em swing

Oh how we moved in the breeze
Now we're dancing
Before they set fire to the trees
The paradox unveiling

Everything I am
Is what I have to be I ought to be
The unsuspecting truth
Of what I am and what I want to be
It all comes down to who
I am or what I am or born to be
The unrelenting truth
Of who I have to be I ought to be

It all comes down to you
And who you are and who you want to be
Exactly who is who?
You are. I am. We are and have to be
It all comes down to you
To us. To this. To me and everything
What's the final call when all the walls collapse
To flee the scene or burn?

When the smoke gets in your lungs
What exactly do you do?
When you're bleeding out alone
What exactly do you do?

(Let the fire burn us all. Let the fire cleanse our soul)

I'm burning away
I've wasted my days
I cannot believe
The things that I've said
But I'll admit
I'll admit when I'm wrong

I'm taking the stage
For the chance to say
I know what I did
The consequences
So I'll admit
I'll admit that I am wrong

Look me in my brand new eyes