A Subtle Collapse

And we all fall down

Where is the love lost between us?

Where is the hope left to heal us?

Where is the light that I used to see?

Where is the man that I used to be?

There is the trauma inside you

There in the drama beside you

Here in the arms of induction

Here is the path of destruction

All of this time we’ve been waiting

All of our hopes have been fading

All of the seams have been ripped apart

All of our dreams have been martyred and

Left in the dark

Turning inward

Burning out

Make believe it’s not just madness

We deceive ourselves in the sadness

Hold us in this sacred realm of tyrants

This is not a war, this is just a murder

This is not to bind you in seclusion

This is not to blind you in its self-imposed delusions

Pushing them away, forcing them to stay, time and

Time again, kneel before the dying of a stranger

Turning inward

Burning out

And we all fall down, and we all fall down

And we all get lost along the way

And we all get turned around

Kneel before me now!

A falling away into nothing

A calling, it fades into something divine

A subtle collapse in the story

A subtle collapse and the glory, the glory is mine

All the senseless suffering in time

Stamped upon these lifeless things of mine

Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair

All beside remains, boundless and bare

Look into my eyes – look upon my face

Look at my demise – look at my decay

Look at my decay