City of the Snares

Follow me to solace and safety

Over the tar-blackened river and past the gleaming yellow eyes

I hope I'm right this time

I can't lose any more of you tonight

They're trusting me to lead them, but they don't know

I'm just running from my fear

Are they catching on yet?

Let's change our course

I'm putting all that I've got into my last resort

Can I count on you to make it work?

Peril and risk prowling around every corner

Sudden death rushing at us from behind the clouds

Danger and threat stalking weary stragglers

Keeping us on the very tips of our toenails

The enemy has been on our scent for days,

Only miles away from revenge they crave

There has got to be a way

To cover our tracks

Or what happens when we stop running?

I can't be too panicked to protect

Tell me, when we opened your eyes

Did we kill you or save your life?

I thought we'd never break away

From the city of the snares, always fighting to forget,

Choking out their memories

I was almost intimidated by their sleek exteriors

But the truth's they were baited with the best

They claimed they had no choices left

What value does gilded, useless armour have

When you finally need to fight?

Stop with this show,

And repeat the pathetic blind surrender.

We may be outnumbered;

We're not oblivious, we are not cowards

Like every one of them

So why am I still plagued

With apprehension, hopelessness, guilt and shame?

In spite of myself, I wonder Regretfully,

when we opened your eyes,

Did we save your life?

How the hell did any of us survive?

Peril and risk dominating the night

Sudden death rushing at us from behind the clouds

Danger and threat stalking weary stragglers

Keeping us on the very tips of our toenails

When the casualties outweigh survivors,

Is that when I'll know I've been defeated?

While the passive deny, we act on acceptance

Did we save you or did we kill you?

The dread and turmoil now behind us

An uncertain leader, we're just fortunate

To have gotten through it all

We're chasing utopia at the top of the world

I can see it now-home.

We're almost there