Where once was childlike simplicity Now only remnants of blind ideals This quality of innocence Once tarnished, is forever lost It's lost... It's lost
[Lyrics by K. Nardi] We have pretended far too long Ignoring far too much Accountability long overdue We have neglected far too long Assuming far too
[Lyrics by J. Emery and K. Nardi] Repeat this habitual course To lift this weight which drags me under Treading in my remorse I must stay above the
[Lyrics by K. Nardi] All those things that I tried to be, While wandering further from me I 'd choked myself in my apathy, Until I no longer could breathe
Misted eyes perceive Thoughts I can't believe Emotions that run free Never let me be Self-inflicted pain It's a loss without a gain Lost in myself, I
I remember the lost confusion of innocence With feelings worn so clean I wish I could look on this with different eyes And ignore the blinders reminding
Wrong, all that we are Living, breathing lies Wrong, all that I feel All compassion dies Once hand in hand And now detached Befriend the pace The lonely
Wandering aimlessly Stricken with grief Self-hatred overflowing It's eating away It's eating away Obstructing virtue Overwhelming and growing The enduring
It's running rampant in our streets It's lying dormant in our homes This silent crime we are guilty of Is enough to sentence us to life or death It's
I paint myself on you... the silent wall My words... my thoughts... my touch... my all Emotionless... emotionless So in control of nothingness This stone
Was I wrong? Wrong in assuming That nothing at all, without thought Would just fall into place? Was it hope, that something would change me That led me
The gentle embrace of death Touches my weary soul I'm closer to the end now Enough despair! I'm whole! Destined to make The right choice My existence
Aware, yet unaware. Falling, falling, why? Blind! Ignorance the key, stupidity overrides My thoughts belong to me, although my mind rebels Reality, shaded
[lyrics by K. Nardi/except*] Twisting the images Watching them grow Into what they are not Forget we forgot as they fed on what's real The path I fell
[lyrics by K. Nardi] A hell is upon us now this day Silence whispering unspoken rage To lend a hand but not in force To speak our minds in free discourse
You wear Like an enemy A false sense of security With your bullshit integrity You'd lose it all for your dignity And you tell yourself "You're so brave
[Lyrics by K. Nardi] Look around, it's all going black Tons upon tons and it's breaking our backs We're setting our course Leading ourselves, one by
[Lyrics by K. Nardi] Pools of blood of deepest red Waves that soak the world in dead Watch the bloodbath as it grows Drowning all hope as it flows Fear