Chasing Shadows

Claustrophobia impending, they'd see through this disguise

Symbols turn and run in horror to ridicule the eyes

Undivided concentration, it fails to bring the gains

Taunted by your own impairment, the will begins to bend

Hold on, be strong, the end will surely come

When the world will cease this fallacy

Raise your head above the water to be pushed down again

Drowning in the constant torment of those you thought were friends

Destiny is what awaits he who pushes harder still

Fight the fear of total failure, they'll never break the will

This defect is a gift, turn resentment to uplift

The wind is changing

Surrender the disguise and look past your own demise

The wind must change

And young child, don't walk away from your dreams

And young child, it's not as bad as it seems

Sticks and stones may break your bones, but only you can hurt you

As you crawl inside your shell you hide

Licking your wounds in the cover of the shadows, you renew

Desensitise your fragile mind, fortify the essence of your insides, calcified

Now you crawl out of the shadows to face those that paint with scorn

They would hold you if they could bear to wrap their arms around this aberration

Their repugnance shining clearly through

Hands are shaking, a mind of their own who you cannot disown

Unstoppable, out of control, never will you tame

Now chasing shadows, I'm chasing these shadows again