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Suffocating

Hard to breathe

These walls surround me

I cannot be

Have dreams been shattered

Or just begun

Decades have come and passed

I must remain strong

One can only hope

That this is not the end

Reach into obscurity

To find myself again

Festering within me

The anguish - the pain

Can this ever be

Or will I feel ashamed

The endless sands of time

Can smash one's desire

Not to wither away

Into days gone by

With every breath

I feel it crawling near

The end of our time

Is becoming clear

From the beginning

One's life becomes a test

Who will rise above

And who will be much less

Forever I will be

Aspiration to the dream

Into a burning past

This fading destiny

Believe in me

I am the one

Sickened and vile

For you I have come

For it is you

Who makes me hate

To feel my pain

Suffer again

What have I become ?

(What have I become)

What have I become

Reaching deep inside

This empty shell of life

To grasp what is mine

Fucking doubt me again

I'll bring you to your knees

Pray for your soul

You're my fucking disease

Look into my eyes

Tell me what you see

I sentence you now

To an endless life of grief

You are a waste of life

Forever now, I'm your pain

Never again will I fall

Weakened by my shame

One can only hope

That this is not the end

Reach into obscurity

To find myself again