Buying into a future
Devoid of existence
Setting up for old age
Where you will never make it
Dying in the present
To live in the future
Looking back to find
Pain, pressure, *******
Now, all that you remember
Slips away
Cashed in years ago
For a decaying pleasure

Calm at the core
Vibrations at the shell
Impatience has a purpose
Patience is a virtue
But it rewards the long-term
For those with no privilege
They will chase the immediate
Ardent and foolish
One will receive
One will delay
Which is the right choice?
Is it the one still here today?

The good go early
Staying and leaving
The evil stays around
Poisoning the trees
Our roots remain
But our reason is remade
All of them, gone
Why do I stay?

Killing a killer
Saving a savior
Protecting a paragon
Mourning the lost
Believing their beliefs
Preaching what they preach
Turning, changing
Imitation of an imitation
Chain by chain, blood to blood
Defeating hatred by becoming hated
To find any meaning
Would emphasize our futility

Before violence
Before there was silence
All I know is we deserve it all
One straight road
No going home
Scared of hell?
We laid the bricks for the road
Now all we think about is going home
Atonement comes, but we are still alone
Tranquil with a tranquilizer
I am not sure if we are coming home
Now our tears are the most apropos

Apologizing for the truth
Agonizing over what is real
Antagonizing all but the few

Averting from the truth
Seeing what suits you
How many more will be like you?
Slashing between the real
How can you hope for us to heal?
Full of the unreal
A metronome out of tune
Stepping into a trap you placed
This is the best of our love
Will it suit you?