A release but a sacrifice
A meaningful or less creation
My gift to mankind

For present or future generations

Through it I found purpose

In a life perhaps without one
It was my very reason for living
But now that it's done?


I seem to find my energy exhausted
As if an integral part of my being has been extracted

All the hope I had for the future's become lost to me
Now that I have outlived my final legacy


For pride I despair
In pride I despair
Joyless I force myself to go through the motions day after day

The monotony is unbearable and time passes so slowly

For pride I despair

In pride I despair
Everything is as it should be
Except me

Just one of the unlucky ones
A casualty...of my pride


I seem to find my energy exhausted
And the thought of suicide I no longer dread
For the one reason I had for living is now gone

So why must I for years to come be damned to carry on?

For pride I despair

Pride and Despair
Everything is as it should be
Except me

Just one of the unlucky ones
A casualty...of my pride