There an path I cannot take
I have to stay away for my own sake
It's filled with pain and temporary freedom
It's simultaneously something I run to, and from
It still haunts me
It still breaks me
It still tells me who to be
It still tells me I can't be free

Never have the world been as dark as when I see the glint in your eyes
They do speak of the tormenting lies
But that's not what pains me
It's that you never wanted me
I was just a product of what you desired
And still, even now I'm sired

I want out, I know I don't need this
But the bullets always miss
I want peace
I want release
I want to wake up without being nailed down
I want to give up on this frown

But, I,
Can never have that
A life of tranquility was not meant for me
It was more than what I could dream to be