Soul Fragments

Do you know that childhood
Where to build, you had to break?
Shatter your image, destroy the mirror
To shine with a thousand sparks, to be clear

Artifact Pirate's just a reflection
Showing a fragment of its connection
In every song, a piece of the soul
A glimpse of the self, trying to feel whole

To build myself through destruction
To declare who I am
To show a face, a projection
That's not truly me, it's a sham

I am but an experiment
Having kept control
Over my own conscious soul
Freely sailing emotion's fervent

Artifact Pirate's just a reflection
Showing a fragment of its connection
In every song, a piece of the soul
A glimpse of the self, trying to feel whole

How can we believe, what we see
What they tell us, can it be?
Knowing the truth, I'm not my thoughts, I decree
My words, just reassurance, you see
But if I'm different, it's to avoid the insanity
To escape the shadows, and find clarity

The sting of humiliation, a cruel game
A power dynamic learned, a child's twisted frame
Forced to choose, to lie, to keep what I had
Innocence murdered, a choice too sad
With only imagination as my false ally
It played in the darkness, where fears often lie
Tormenting my dreams when the night took its hold
In the silence of shadows, my stories unfold

Artifact Pirate's just a reflection
Showing a fragment of its connection
In every song, a piece of the soul
A glimpse of the self, trying to feel whole

No day of rest, by justice betrayed
A part of my past where I've often swayed
Raised to be an instrument, treated like a toy
I'm now my own puppet, mastering my own joy

Now those who seek to tear me apart
Or try to control me, have lost from the start
For there's nothing left that binds me so tight
No anchors to weigh me, I'm free in the fight

Artifact Pirate's just a reflection
Showing a fragment of its connection
In every song, a piece of the soul
A glimpse of the self, trying to feel whole

Only angels or demons
Can touch my soul
With no physical presence
For they are pure spirit, whole