opening doors
straying into the wrong worlds
incomprehensible games
none of which appeal to me
how could i become anything?
less than this disgruntled beast
lock jawed and clenched fisted
shed this skin like a snake
shed this skin
shed this skin like a snake
this skin that I'm trapped in
joys and pains
i’ll never understand
looking at the world through
the key hole of a locked door
I never chose to be like this
it chose me
i never chose to live like this
it chose me
maybe I’m the chosen one
I don’t know the way, but you can follow me home
With one eye shut and hands extended we reach out
Ignoring the taste of blood that still lingers in our mouths
they hold the key to life and death, we beg and plea
that they reserve the right to live for you and me
This world is theirs, they write the rules
You don't like it? you don’t the right to choose
So fight for them or face the gun
there's no winning and there's nowhere left to run
Hands tied
Glazed eyes
We watch in horror
As they crush our reasons to live
The last bit of hope is stripped away
The last glimmer of life fades to gray
it fades to gray
In their world, things are never what they seem
You only know the things they want you to believe
Beyond these walls in nothing but a world that wants you dead
That's how they get you to kill for them instead
This world is theirs, they write the rules
Don't you like it? you don’t the right to choose
So fight for them or face the gun
theres no winning and theres nowhere left to run
Hands tied
Glazed eyes
We watch in horror
As they crush our reasons to live
In their world, things are never what they seem
IN A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE CHOOSE NOT TO BELIEVE
IN A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE CHOOSE NOT TO BELIEVE WHAT THEY SEE
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