How long can you live a lie?
cheat yourself, fool your heart

stretched so thin my skin now transparent
the turmoil within ready to break through the surface

cracks in the pavement grow into fissures
trying to swallow me into the abyss of my own mind

my carnal desires, insatiable, feverish
but I am a man, and only human

trying to listen to my heart over the pounding echoes

but only temporary is this liquid bliss, this sweet kiss
on my lips, making me say and do things that only lead me deeper

into the pit I have burrowed in, laid in motionless
daylight further away, bits of dirt trickle onto my face

I feel it closing in, collapsing around me, no escape
I must come to my senses if I am to continue to breathe
live, exist as who I am.

Awaken the man I use to be, realize that we all make mistakes
let your emotions free you, unbind your heart
this spell that has befallen you, now disintegrate and blow off into the wind

I feel the air, I feel the life in me, and I remember
maybe in time I will emerge and stand on familiar ground
where my spirit and body collide, and in one motion rise
these bitter stains evaporate, burdens fall to the earth in ruin

no more tears, worries, sorrow, restraint
I found you
and through you, I have once again become myself.