The Lesser Evil

I saw a face on a blank stage

It said nothing but what I ever heard

Is it now so easy to settle up?

They all know

Come back soon

It was inevitable

That I would lose my way

I’m still straining to say that within our veins

In time oh it looms

What can I do?

How will I live on?

(Reeling me so out of mind)

Sunsetting, new hostility

Right where you stand

Bear down and…

I realize I’m at the fault of the edge

And you confuse your words

Your reflection is a guise I’ve been dying to rake away

I said wait—

I’m not where I belong by now

And if you turn my way

I’m still reaching for better lies

Will nothing veil all I’ll lose?

What can I do?

How will I live on?

(Reeling me so out of mind)

Sunsetting on a new hostility (in me)

Right where you stand

Bear down and...

I fail to see

Your divinity on these lines

Once again, you prophesize

You cry me a river

To drown in your river while you wait

For the switch to turn the light

I feel as your venom now

Deceived and all alone

You bare your teeth and light your face

Gaunt in this cold

I’m left to lose this world

I never knew it was so

Drifting away to feeling near

Dare I live in this state?

Are we left to fade (under)?

Are we meant for nothing to mend our ties?

Edify

Are we left to fade (under)

With no reason to better the heartless narrow?

Edify

All those who burn by it

All they know

Reawake the sun isn’t I

Will it last like you never?

Dream for your infinite

All that faith is lost

Were you waiting for us to believe?

Say the word, I’ll be in your mind

When it dies and they render

Dream for your infinite

All that faith is lost

Dare to speak my name

Dare I live

Thievious and right, now

You pretend to us

Thievious and right, now

If we fade out the white noise

Long enough to hear

The ringing in our ears

Then we know

Then we know, then we all know

And we know

In the end what keeps us awake

And we know

It’s decided

You feel it either way

Hell piercing through my heart

Tearing might away

Are we left to fade (under)?

Are we meant for nothing to mend our ties?

Edify

Are we left to fade (under)

With no reason to better the heartless narrow?

Edify

All those who burn by it

All they know

You like to think you spare no evil