Drowning

I know this time is real
Fashion what I feel
I’ve seen this face before, and now it all comes back
Too cynical to watch it fall
Dismiss it all as logical
Can’t find a way to wash it down
Are we too frail to see our vague transparencies?
Keep it all alive, one more strike upon this life
Just let the sun shine away
Sincerity betrays the final apathy
Blind to vacancies that bring us to our knees
Fail to find respect but this is what we get
Defined by effigies, familiar tendencies to wash the honesty away
Are we too frail to see our vague transparencies?
Keep it all alive, one more strike upon this life
Just let the sun shine away
Sincerity betrays the final apathy
See it unfold, lies bought an sold
These wear the old ways down
Staggered in fate, drowning too late
Left for the cold days now
Liars in chains, debts we’ve arranged, circling behind these walls
Patience we hide, still burning inside, tired and betrayed once more
Stark open eyes, desperate lies, counting their failed ways home
Lost, without time, reason declines
Swallowed by fear once more