Spiral Shadow

Keyed up, all tore up Free from thought, walking backwards Tranquil anxiety Refraining from walking backwards Reverse and rewind Contemplate moving forward Regrets indicate, moving forth is walking backwards We tread a long time On occasion, on the line Swaying, weighing Straying from this tired climb

Loss of vision Cheating synergy Take me under Bleeding, turning Reasons for risk are endless Take me under Bleeding, turning Loss of vision Gripping energy

Tell yourself it's not worth knowing Erase yourself and you'll find something Truth that doesn't fit A curse of inspiration Try to stay afloat Too much information Bow and take an exit Face vacant destination Disappointment won't console There is no celebration Name I'm shaken Blame I've taken It's not alright Because I'm dropping out I'm telling you to count me out Truth that doesn't fit A curse of inspiration Try to stay afloat Too much information Bow and take an exit Face vacant destination Disappointment won't console There is no celebration

Hey, listen... A crowded road ends before it begins Struggle to survive, hands try to grasp If told like it is, who will listen? A crowded road ends before it begins [Repeat previous verse] Pages and pages of rambling Expectations when there are none Tricks put to use Traded, awaited Abated, deflated A crowded road ends before it begins

Pictures of my youth ask if I've become what I wanted to Keep moving, don't look back Moments of challenged clarity Distorted effect on reality Keep moving, don't look back

Let down again Walls fade away Distance closing in Another time delay Focus my eyes Never ending space Listen to lies Last in the race The dream of gold I've heard before From a tale once told Was bought and sold We chase pretty lies Devotion starts to die My step is off, when will I fly? And we chase these pretty lies

To be denied, not justified Can't decide which way to turn You're fucking with my mind and taking all my time And yet, I do it to you What you're doing ain't right When I fight the time And I hold it to you Keep the fire going with the burn you give But I just want to forget I try to clear my mind Trying to read your kind Inside this feeling ain't right If you care to know, I find it all the same And now I'm moving on

Assume you're not forsaken Remote point is already taken Changing seasons, bending is hard to reason Sundown window to ponder head down Tripping, breathing Awaiting countdown Bleeding wonder, cutting life span Assume you're not forsaken

I'm settled in fear Why? How? Is death near? Broken and so uncertain Grounded foresight Crowded hindsight Ground too bitter Stumbling center Taken, continue

Try and concentrate Brain is melting Walking in a daze Security of isolation Always shifting, back and forth Blueprint within Light to be switched Voices unspoken Sounds unheard Always shifting, back and forth Calm, but no peace Race without a prize Youth faded too fast Reset this life Always shifting, back and forth We all fade out

All the blank faces walking around us They mean nothing Candles in the dark Every speck of dust in this universe, floating around us Candles in the dark Every speck of dust in this universe, floating around us Candles in the dark Every mistake I've made, I would make again If that is what it took to be where I am