It's true liberal antics tend to make me sick
although I tire of conservatives just as quick
if a person's truly honest I do believe they'll find
an individual belief system is not so easy to define
thoughts tend to waver and wander through the head
and are not easily painted in deep blue or fiery red
so hold the flag your father raised in the throes of youth
but grow to be a wiser man, look beyond them both
to know the truth

Taking in this poison has become our daily lives
we're so caught up in living, we've forgotten to survive

Who am I to chastise
I make enemies like fire
who am I to realize
I'm standing on a pyre
who am I to question
the intent of a God
who am I to reason
omniscient I'm not

How many times have you died
to find the attention you seek
does the praise point back to you
while you imitate the meek
how many galaxies are breathing
as you pass them all by
to pursue an empty ego
and desecrate the sky
chant a broken mantra
then jinx the world below
spin the tales of bittersweet
with lies we'll never know

This form of diet consists of nothing cause I'm trying to close the gap
between a place that's almost something and the place where nothing's at

Where are the whispers that graced my ears
Where are the songs that soothed my fears
Where are the raindrops on skin like silk
Where now are all the others of your ilk
Where are the fingers that traced my spine
Where are the eyes that once held mine
Where are the hearts that together did weep
All lost between the contrast of awake and sleep

The wise ones will clamor for a place at your side
you'll rule with an iron fist and use history to hide
the weak ones will love you until the end of your reign
before all power's usurped the sanctioned deal in pain
though soon to be a memory on a stinking heap
or unknown to all posterity just edit and delete