Go Wrong Young Man

I thought I was the sun and all its light

Shining in the dark, your vengeance my guide

I wanted to take this world back for you

Tearing skin and voice let the light breakthrough

I can’t see a thing

I want this more than anything

The headlight stopped my feet from moving

And my eyelids could not close or move away

From the echo of the voice that buckled both

My knees and flung me to the ground beneath the weight

The earth and road seemed like they were

Not there at all but there it was and everything in place

But I was changed, I was not the same

But now I confess, here in my own

Flesh is the familiar and the intimate

7 Words, 7 words have severed into me

7 Words, 7 words have brought me to my knees

Count your blessings that you’ve never seen

The things the simple things were ours to take

But the questions danced around our innocence

And now the innocence is nothing more than faith

Gather towards the door your things, come quickly now

The morning gives the light away

Open your heart, to the very worst parts and let them depart

I cut my teeth on the flesh of the liars

I made my words into stones and then broke all the bones

I never saw the blade that ripped up my rib cage

My eyes glazed over and the world moved on

How dare we speak of future and boast of legacy