Poetic license to kill incisive the spoken word Worse yet thoughts left buried In frigid silence eyes the soul betray A tool of self destruction Falling into the abyss arms reach out your voice Is the edge that leaves me a stump What is real in a forest of shadows No trees no light no life Stricken powerless by uncertainty Mere mortals condemned to fallibility I stand here dead as my body ever so steadily ages No reason to continue deceit What is within is eternally bound Never to escape How am i to know what you mean Do you say what you mean How am i to know what you mean Do you mean what you say Self perpetuating fury Debilitating mindlock Unescapable mental Asphyxiation Chokes my life Agonize over actions past What could have been and'll never be To bridge the gap impossible Below the abyss between us Why am i Why did you Why are they Why did i Self perpetuating fury Interminable agony Stories about happiness are full of lies Love on earth purity maligned Insentient no realization of the external No way to voice the internal The imagination forever lost in doubt Words meaningless and deceptive What is real in a forest of shadows No trees no light no life Is it you or me that under Mines all that seems to be Who am i to tell me what is real Nothing is what it seems Physical degradation wrought On by emotional distress Surrounded by The despise of Eleven thousand eyes Agonize over actions past What could have been and'll never be To bridge the gap impossible Below the abyss between us Why am i Why did you Why are they Why did i Self perpetuating fury Interminable agony Who am i to tell me what is real Nothing is what it seems Turn away die alone no need To accept anything