should I hide so you don't have to remember
the person who was the one who loved you
after all the days of living a fantasy
for better or worse the truth always comes

Was it so hard to just reach out and try
to be a person who is equal to all
with nothing gained and nothing lost
what was wrong with just being humble

Joy is not such a treasured path to search
if your joy causes so many others to suffer
maybe its best that you had shared the moment
and live and let live what you brought to bear

its not so much that one doesn't have options
or the free will to do what they desire
its who has to pay for all your actions
that you realize nothing in life comes free

for better or worse the game still is played
taking victims and victims to appease its rage
but without the ones that carry your burden
there never would had been a reason to deceive

Let me be your shadow for the eternity that lives
and remind you of every moment that was lost
to simply pay attention to what really matters
instead of pretending to be what you are not

Value is value for what we hold onto and yearn
not for what one takes for their own self desire
the pleasure to live and to share that passion
is what really defines us all as more than nothing