You never ask me why it hurts
It looks like you've made up your own mind
I always smile in return
just to find out that it's just more of the same

I laugh when I should cry
these back pains come from more than daggers
The pills don't seem to quell
the thoughts of inadequate meandering rhymes

You've got your method to this madness
I am the madness that you want to extinguish
You are a shadow of lost companions
the very ones I promised to eternally vanquish
From memory

Inside the hallways of my mind
You always look so innocent to me
Deep down, within my shattered heart
Your face will join the circus, c'est la vie

Fool me once, shame on you
Fool me twice, shame on me
Fool me thrice, shame on God
Fool me nevermore, shame on no one at all

You've got your own mountains of madness
The very hills I wish not to die on
I will be the shadow of a man out of time
the very kind you were never truly fond of
© CEV