The Misery Index

My life

charred remains of a flame that's burned out

my lips move but they won't make a sound

I stand motionless, eyes to the ground

back for more

with reopened scars i remain

battered savagely, knees start to shake

I just stand there, I take it, I wait

I'm just waiting for time to erase

and the world to change

until then I will strive for nothing more

I'll just wait for my heart to break

and arise from ash, reborn

look at me

cut my eye and allow me to see

what my life has become on my knees

I hear the screams, I watch myself bleed

but ? can't feel a thing

what am I

but a victim unwilling to rise

wretched shell of a man and his pride

why stop living, I'm just waiting to die

my life it's so familiar

why lie when everything's the same

but who am I, and what am I waiting for anyway

and I will die waiting to be reborn...