two lights shining in the midst of twilight
sparkling among the stars above
buzzing in beautiful harmony
illuminating a little of the night sky

eventually, one light started to flicker
slowly but surely, it was losing its shine
but the other light was still just as bright
uncertainty brews in the darkest of nights

the flickering light tried with all its might
to keep itself alive with hope and love
but it burned too bright and too carelessly
and now, it must slowly die

i saw it, but i should've seen it quicker
nothing was alright, nothing was fine
i couldn't keep from burning out in the brooding dark of night
and now it's time for my last rites.

when you burn too brightly, or too passionately
you end up burning yourself
we think we forget how to feel
until we hurt ourselves
we think we go through life adequately,
just throwing our problems on a shelf
but we can't run from what is real,
so people just run from themselves

we smile, we laugh,
we tell people we're doing well when we're asked
but inside we know the darkness that stirs
inside we know the hatred that burns
and it eats at our very souls.
i was blinded on my own behalf
from running so fast from my past
when you keep getting high, it all just blurs
we forget to remember the world always turns
and we humans just play our roles.

it flickered and flickered until it finally succumbed to its fate
and the night just grew darker still
how will the other light hold up,
now that it's faced to fight alone?

for no one, will the world ever stop and wait
to live, you must be killed or ****.
one day, we'll all just blowup
and then there will be no more light to hone.