Deformation Days

It happened when the pleasure dried

And the summer left a storm

Where the seeds of discontent reside

And the darkest days are born

I was withered, worn, and wonderless

A waste in many ways

Deformation days

Beyond the hours I walk upon

Behind the minutes chime

Beneath the stones I stumble on

Before the cusp of time

I saw her gesture to the sky

And weep where her widow lay

Deformation days

I was little more than food for thought

And hungrier than hell

But I would fill the empty spaces

Because silence knew me well

But I can still be swallowed up

By what that goddess says

Deformation days

I saw the light cascade down

And settle by the bush

And my innocence was jeopardized

Every time I'd take a look

But seeing is a virtue

Despite the view that some display

Deformation days

I was burdened with a crucifix

Cold shouldered by the king

I was told he'd shed a tear for me

But that don't mean a thing

If I have to carry all this weight

And keep the wilderness at bay

Deformation days

So when the drifters ask me now

What then should I tell?

I'm frozen from the rib cage in

I was lifeless for a spell

And I can't take a block of ice

And pass it off as clay

Deformation days

I was inhaling warfare

Exhaling higher crimes

But destruction and obsession

Mean progression down the line

And I've been torn apart more times

Than I care to say

Deformation days

As I lay wounded on the road

Where the beasts divide their kill

It occurred to me the rate at which

We exchange life for a meal

And the earth is hungrier than I

And I'm lower down the chain

Deformation days

I sit amongst the leaders now

The lepers and the crooks

And silence hangs as money talks

Its tongue stifled by a hook

Because you're only ever as rich

As the wealth you have to save

Deformation days

I saw her burn down the house

And turn my sons to flame

She disappeared soon after that

And left me in this broken way

But if I do see her again

I'd still ask her to stay

Deformation days

She was my shepherd, love, and guide

The answer when I'd pray

She'd hold me up

And breaking was the price she had to pay

But the gods tell me to carry on

That she'll return to me someday

Deformation days