Interlocked in a knife fight,
Between a hooded figure,
And a terrified child,
Seems unjustified.

Corral every moment,
Corner them into a vacuum-

I was bad,
But bad was all I ever had.
I was scared,
But I had to keep my teeth bared.
I was dreadful,
But maybe I’m just forgetful.

Nothing stops a dog fight,
Two animals, frightened,
Unable to escape,
So they gnash and tear.

Is it their fault?

Corralling the externalities,
Corner them into a cage.

I was bad,
But bad was all I ever had.
I was scared,
But I had to keep my teeth bared.
I was dreadful,
But maybe I’m just forgetful.

And I apologize for it,
It's not the first time,
It's not the last time,
I'm not who I thought I was.

Here in the dark I will park,
Inside of my bones will have grown,
Vines of rotten wood,
Well it's just no good,
I'm just no good,
And it's that confidence that exists that brings me to my knees.

With the flesh of a boy who hates everything outside,
I'll fly as far as I can until I hit the wall,
The wall that divides my flesh from my brain,
Could I piece it together well I really doubt so.

Inside of the palm of my hand is a daffodil,
For the creases on my forehead,
Signify the worry and hurt I've felt these years gone by,
Remember me when I leave to hope for the best,
Inside my own nightmarish daydream.

With the flesh of a boy who hates everything outside,
I'll fly as far as I can until I hit the wall,
The wall that divides my flesh from my brain,
Could I piece it together well I really doubt so.

There's the smile on your face,
It keeps me here on this earth,
Don't underestimate your life,
When it keeps me alive.

I think I know where I'd be,
Without you in my life,
I think I know who I'd be,
Without you keeping me here.

You ask yourself all these questions,
About the skin you're in,
friend, look at me,
don't you dare,
Take your life away from me.

I think I know where I'd be,
Without you in my life,
I think I know who I'd be,
Without you keeping me here.

I saw your face the other day,
Fighting the darkness,
Capturing more light.
I talked to you, listened to you breakdown,
Myself in shock, I've never seen you falling down,
So, I'll hold you tight tonight.

Suddenly the night fades away,
You're no longer in my grasp,
You've faded away into the misty air,
My light, my only friend.
Gone.

Scouring my only mind,
For your voice, for your hands.
But I cannot reach the other side,
As I cannot see your flickering torch.
No more.

Suddenly the night fades away,
You're no longer in my grasp,
You've faded away into the misty air,
My light, my only friend.
Gone.

So I hold you in my memory,
Taking it back and rewinding all the sounds,
That you made when you weren't done.
I take that and place it in a friend,
Who I wanna save once again.

Suddenly the night fades away,
You're no longer in my grasp,
You've faded away into the misty air,
My light, my only friend.
Gone.

Brimming with fear,
The future is near,
Only so little time,
Until I just might meet my demise.

I sold my clone,
To make myself a humble abode,
In the cobwebs and lies.
Sing me to sleep,
So maybe I can forget tomorrow.

The fact that time went by so fast,
Gives me the chills,
Cause I don't know if I'll be keeping this up.
Everything seems so slow,
Going with no flow.

Gift me the serenity,
The serenity to accept,
The serenity to accept,
What I cannot hear,
What I cannot see,
What I cannot touch,
What I cannot taste,
What I cannot smell.

What I cannot hear,
What I cannot see,
What I cannot touch,
What I cannot taste,
What I cannot smell,
I cannot accept.

I will never accept,
My face in a crowd,
Of a darkening dawn,
Hearkening to the trumpets,
Regal against the manifest destiny.

Gift me the serenity,
The serenity to accept,
The serenity of concept,
Fleshing out the ability,
Well it's all so trivial,
Trivial is the sound,
We are the sound,
******* when did we,
When did they deserve?
When did they ever deserve?!

Gift me the serenity,
The serenity to shut the **** up,
The serenity to accept my place,
Accept my place as peasant,
Cut away my hearing,
Cut away my sight,
Cut away my touch,
Cut away my taste
Cut away my smell.
Cause then I can accept,
I can find the serenity,
To accept what I cannot change.

For now I find pure anger,
Anger in your complicity,
In your utter serenity,
******* and your being,
******* and your money,
******* and your serenity.

We're in your walls and beating down your doors,
Mountains of the peasants you bleed dry,
Coming back to trudge against the policy,
Of complete and utter serenity.

God gifted you the ability to find serenity in what you could change.
A wise rain from the East comes in with vengeance in its mind,
A pool or two in your backyard turned bitter and tasting of iron,
The liquid creeps into the cracks of your astroturf and seeps into your showerhead.

Now bathe my friend, bathe in the blood of your inaction,
Your passive income ***** the prisoners and bombs the citizens,
A biography written upon the charred flesh of the children,
Tell me how you're God, you're God now, yeah you're gonna grant everyone the serenity to accept what they could fight to change.

Heed life's call,
It calls for your beating heart,
That's all,
**** your mind,
**** your guns.

You use your guns to blow out,
Creativity and imagination,
Dare to dream,
and dare to scream.

It belongs inside the furnace,
Now burn it,
The black revolver,
It sits by your bedside.

Terrifying as it may be,
There's a pretender to replace your gun,
Beneath sheets you plead,
Your life on the line,
because your mind won't be silenced.

You use your guns to blow out,
Creativity and imagination,
Dare to dream,
and dare to scream.

Half-alive, dragging ourselves through the trees,
Our legs seem to be missing.
They might be up and living our dreams,
I can feel the thorns scrape my elbows,
Can you feel it too?

Verify if you're real with a wave of a white flag,
From the depths of the undergrowth,
We're getting scratched up by unforgiving roots.

When the blue moon sets over the horizon,
The sun starts to rise and I'm left alone,
The thoughts in my head leave me to be,
Is this good? I don't really know.
I've spent a good portion of my life wondering if i'll even live past 18,
Though the background is static,
Everything in front seems to be happy to be here.

Verify if you're real with a wave of a white flag,
From the depths of the undergrowth,
We're getting scratched up by unforgiving roots.

Changing or cursing- either way,
It's a game we're done playing,
Our legs may be long gone,
Fortunately, you're right here,
So I'll stare at these stars until I figure out you're truly here to stay.

Here I am
In front of you
So won’t you just
Hold my hand
And comfort me
Into sleep.

Here I am
Beneath the trees
So won’t you just
Lead me away
And hold me here
Into sleep

Here I am
Under the stars
I can see you
Following them
Away from me
Into sleep.

Here I am
To believe
But my knees are weak
And palms unclean

Walk away
Away from me
Into sleep I go..

Into sleep...

Here's to my home,
my family,
my serenade,
my life,
my death,
my flushed away knives.
Here's to my brain,
It's oddities,
It's familiarity,
It's insecurities,
It's life,
It's death,
my deadly undertones.