Intro:
Yeah, you were a strong man.
We knew the time was coming

But we just didn't know when.
Though now that you're gone,
You'll live on in our memories


Verse 1:
When my skies turned black

I saw it all unfolding
My life, the strife, even time was frozen.
I'll be honest in the past,

I've been known to
Pass all these emotions
to act like I ain't broken.

At many times I've been lost in the clutter
Where the cost of recover
just seemed lost in the suffer.

I've been known to pass that torch to another
Let the courage of my brothers
just nurture into nothing.

I've seen life from both sides of the spectrum.
I live through good times,
and suffer with depression.

And now I find myself vibing to this session
I reside in a wreckage
where any pride's a blessing.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature, right?
Why am I falling in a cauldron of hatred?
I need peace, to breathe, not fall

and bleed to not sprawl and think
about a hall that's vacant.


Verse 2:
I don't even like the life I live. $#&@,
suicide is looking better

This weather ain't letting up.
I've been stuck in this storm some 5 odd years.
Thunder, lightning

Suffering inside me.
My peers drive me crazy
They're idiots in profusion.

Teachers belittle me
Demand respect and that I use it.
It's like we're ants here

And they're the humans.
What's that make me then?
I've already out-smarted instutions

you've placed me in and I've proved it.
But you call me delusional,
With a twisted sense of humor.

A narcissistic cynic with no goal for the future.
Might be right,
When hopes high you're likely to lose it.

End up, on the ground broken and bruised
In a place where everyday you get more pain than your used to.
Pain consumes you

Your brain's abused too.
Play the cards how you wish
The house is what you'll lose to.