Time Will Tell

Why does it feel like

there's always something amiss

Life plays tricks how did

everything end up like this

Why am I here if I don't belong

Tell me, what is this

joy that you have

Why can't I know

the same happiness others do

But I'll keep trying

to feel what you feel

Tell me, what's this beauty you see

I want to find out

will everything fall into place

Time, will you tell

There's battle raging inside

though hidden from view

Must this burden be shared

or should I hide what's true

Misery, you're no stranger to me

So you strive to shape me, break me,

make me, ruin me

This damnation has me shaken

Hope and passion, all forsaken

Self-assurance is eroding

My endurance, quickly fading

Away...

Trying to regain perspective now

I can't fall into desperation

I have to wait, be patient

They must know that it's not transient

Sufficient time 'til separation

The flame goes out and memory is lost

Time is always on my side

Streets after streets, I have walked on

Deep in silent contemplation

The hours melt together

All these days are like each other

But wait, not long 'til liberation

The flame goes out and memory is lost

But time is always on my side

Running through the forest to kill time

There's no wrong or right direction

Only fog and misty vision

There's no need for bold ambition

Having no feeling nor affection

The flame goes out and memory is lost

But time is always on my side

Then it came to me and I thought

Life could be a charm

Love seemed so sweet and mesmerizing

Didn't believe it could harm

I'll take a chance with escapism

And time is always on my side

Emptied soul and still fatalistic

would life still enchant

I took my chance with escapism

And time is always on my side

Existing, not living

Then who cares if I am

Cavalier

All the signs so telling

They are only pointing

To what's near

Now I am on the

brink of liberation

Looking out the window

Now the leaves have fallen

What's my fate

Feel like I'm in limbo

Would this be my callin'

No escape

Now I am on the

brink of liberation

Falling down in pieces

No way out

It's the end, I'm leaving

Without doubt

Left them all my prized possessions

Bid them farewell, sealed confessions

Heart congesting, non-withstanding

But in the darkness a ray of hope

shining through

Tell me, what's this beauty I see

Did I do it right, does life agree

that maybe I could give and

that's a reason good enough to live

Time's secrets so tightly held

But now you finally tell

that life's mysteries

could lead to victories

A stranger's love could save

one who's been made a slave

and overcome life's trials

with hope