In Pieces

I've seen some savages, been around those passages I believed in the ever-changing scene we left behind Like a tear for the ones we miss, stick around for the obvious Saving lies till the bitter end, no antidote or opposition You waste your time, so close to the fall Nobody breaks you, no one to calm you down You reach and fail, collapse with the tide Still betrayed by ambition, devastated by pride And you're in pieces, nobody's gonna help you now They've breached your defenses and they're dragging you down The pain increases, who's left to sort you out? The cost is the same, but it's born of deception They pitch to hold on tight but the timing's never right What's a year to a lost endeavor as the days wear on? No prayers or penitence for your lost innocence I've said it makes no sense and by design We stumble toward the end, the fire with arms to the sky Nobody breaks you, no one to calm you down You reach and fail, collapse with the tide Still betrayed by ambition, devastated by pride And you're in pieces, nobody's gonna help you now They've breached your defenses and they're dragging you down The pain increases, who's left to sort you out? The cost is the same, but it's born of deception To cut a path in a new direction To leave the others wanting more Infected by the atmosphere Scars fade into gray Intoxicated by a sense of fear Navigating to an empty space Destroy and obfuscate Subjugated by a stranger's face