Shadows cast on towering feats growing darker every day Blurring lines - Undefined Cracks in time - Clock unwinds Strangers known inside my head they’re someone to me Remembering specifics of what never could be Conscience cleaned - Nothing gleaned Fading scenes - Repeating themes Mind against I as I slowly unwind Can’t remember why but I’m losing my mind My body still intact as cognition declines Can’t remember who's a foe and who's on my side Frustration builds and anger seeps growing blacker every day Photos fade - lifetimes grey Dawning shade - Me away Strangers known inside my head they’re someone to me Remembering specifics of what never could be Conscience cleaned - Nothing gleaned Fading scenes - Repeating themes Mind against I as I slowly unwind Can’t remember why but I’m losing my mind My body still intact as cognition declines Can’t remember who's a foe and who's on my side Mind against I as my memories collide Can’t remember how I ended up in this grind My body still intact as cognition declines Can’t remember where some place I can’t find Going going going going Friendships fade and family fades they’re no one to me Friendships fade and family fades they’re no one to me Gone Tattered photos fade to grey a lifetime grounded into dust Years drift away - As life decays A massive haze - the days all fade Memories of a childhood a glint in your eye So much gone so little left gets harder to try Frustrations swell - A mental cell An empty shell - A living hell Mind against I as I slowly unwind Can’t remember why but I’m losing my mind My body still intact as cognition declines Can’t remember who's a foe and who's on my side Mind against I as my memories collide Can’t remember how I ended up in this grind My body still intact as cognition declines Can’t remember where some place I can’t find

Dismantling our lives until our journey’s collide Frozen at a standstill in the same place and time Tearing at a common thread our ties that will bind Deaf and dumb, bored and numb, blind leading the blind Broken homes - Chances blown A life of regrets Broken bones - sinking stones A lifers lament Failure prone - Drink alone A destiny set So far gone but not alone and we ain't dead yet Consoling one another mending each others wounds Buffer our abrasions ’til the edges are smooth Stay vigilant to greater good, alone and we’re screwed All for one and one for all to face down our doom Broken homes - chances blown A life of regrets Broken bones - sinking stones A lifer’s lament Failure prone - Drink alone A destiny set So far gone but not alone and we a’int dead yet Reinvent your dreams a day at time Stop planning for a future that may never arrive Reinvent your dreams a day at time Start living in your future before your dreams have all died Committed for a penny and we’re in for a pound Flesh for flesh, blood for blood we’re forever bound Alone we were forever lost, together we’re found A lifers lament always one with the crowd Broken homes - chances blown A life of regrets Broken bones - sinking stones A lifer’s lament Failure prone - Drink alone A destiny set So far gone but not alone and we ain't dead yet Broken homes - chances blown A life of regrets Broken bones - sinking stones A lifers lament Failure prone - Drink alone A destiny set So far gone but not alone and we ain't dead yet

Tall trees are falling free But well away from making sound The woods are thick and the breeze is quick You’re lost and never ever found Who comes running when the dog whistles calling? Who’s responding when they bark? Who comes running when the dog whistles calling bawling? Who can find you in the dark? A planted flag that’s so keenly tagged But it’s buried well below the muck The dimming hordes who should've adored Don’t seem to really give a fuck Who comes running when the dog whistles calling? Who’s responding when they bark? Who comes running when the dog whistles calling bawling? Who can find you in the dark? One voice in the crowd Waits to get loud But never allowed Lost in the cloud Algorithms away So much to say But no light of day Forever astray Barking up those missing trees Their leaves have withered into dust Making plans for grains of sand And watching optimism rust A harmless bite that’s forever slight Fools shouting into the deaf's ears The freest speech beyond the voices reach A silence everyone can hear Who comes running when the dog whistles calling? Who’s responding when they bark? Who comes running when the dog whistles calling bawling? Who can find you in the dark? Who comes running when the dog whistles calling? Who’s responding when they bark? Who comes running when the dog whistles calling bawling? Who can find you in the dark?

You’ve settled in, forgiven your sins And you’ve redefined what you’re about It comes for you no matter what you do The asshole will come home to roost The past you hide is still all too alive And denial won’t let you hide your truth You’ve cut all ties to leave the past behind But have never lost that nagging doubt It comes for you no matter what you do The asshole will come home to roost The past you hide is still all too alive And denial won’t let you hide your truth Your truth Your truth Your truth Your truth Your truth Your truth Your truth Your truth The Truth... You tried and tried to make sure he’d died but the man you were is still alive He’ll scratch and crawl and he’ll break down your walls Until you’re up is down and and start to fall He’s back again but not to make amends But to to lay waste to all that you've built You’ve come so far and you’ve survived your scars but can't outrun your sense of guilt You’ve ostracized and compartmentalized and you’ve skewed the memory of your past Now he’ll settle in and then the lies begin and again you’ll need a second chance A second chance A second chance A second chance A second chance A second chance A second chance A second chance A second chance A second chance

To a one that had a reason in a place and a time To a one within a season that helped me be defined To a one throughout a lifetime of both joy and grieving To a one who’s name is still a haze but made me see me Never standing alone No sinking, no blood from a stone Too brittle and prone out on your own The compass that will guide your way back home Memory, time is fading Credit is due and waning Shadows cast persuading No one but me is waiting Faces have faded into dreams Places are lost amongst the weeds Nostalgia for wanting and for needs Past lives tearing at the seams To a one who’s reason saved me from my own disaster To a one who’s season was much longer than it lasted To a one who’s given lifetimes of much needed laughter To a one who’s face is gone but is still all that matters Never standing alone No sinking, no blood from a stone Too brittle and prone out on your own A compass that guides your way back home Faulty grasp is shading Darker days invading Perspectives on real are trading Fiction as fact masquerading Faces have faded into dreams Places are lost amongst the weeds Nostalgia for wanting and for needs Past lives tearing at the seams Of the thousands of people that you’ll know in your lifetime only an handful will matter You don’t choose them, they are chosen for you Some are in your life for a very specific, sometimes unidentifiable reason but they have had an undeniable impact on who you are Others you will know for only a brief period of time but that season is profound and unforgettable And then there are the lifers, the constants who hold your hand all the way through the journey. Through thick and thin, your best and your worst, your pettiness and your triumphs, they’re deeper than friends and more meaningful than family. Collectively, these people make you, you and each of us who we are, they’re the reasons and seasons and the lifetimes To a one that had a reason I could not do without To a one who stayed a season but killed nagging doubt To a one who’s lifetime helped define what I’m about To a one who is forgotten but still hangs around To the one’s that propped me up and left me standing tall Never standing alone No sinking, no blood from a stone Too brittle and prone out on your own The compass that guides your way back home Reasons at last revealing Seasons revealing meanings A lifetime of scars now healing Memories are not concealing Faces have faded into dreams Places are lost amongst the weeds Nostalgia for wanting and for needs Past lives tearing at the seams Past lives tearing at the seams Past lives tearing at the seams Past lives tearing at the seams The past lives have torn now godspeed

Blindsided by a blinded eye I turned my back on a sharpened knife That's twisting deep now into my spine Blood in blood out face and floor collide Sucker punch a haymaker Spending years slowly dropping guard A wolf in dress in my own backyard Laid in wait as my trust was earned Doubled down as you pulled my card Sucker punch a haymaker Rearing back and Dropping bombs A violent storm before the calm Ground and pound cold-cocked and down A bloody mess of truth unwound It’s all much clearer now The fog beyond the clouds Just what it’s like to drown The pain much clearer now Deception and a diluted truth Authenticity has come home to roost landmines laid in an open field Fiction as fact has finally been reveled Sucker punch a haymaker Sucker punch a haymaker Sucker punch a haymaker Sucker punch a haymaker It’s all much clearer now The fog beyond the clouds Just what it’s like to drown The pain is clear

Handsome today, the light reflecting the grey Still three beats away from the end These selfish walls are keeping me bound To a room where I'll drown in myself I’ve chosen my strife and It’s barely a life but it suits who I’ve chosen to be I’ll never be free but I know that I’m me and the grief slashes me like a knife Rest my head I’m better off in bed Even though that the pain just won’t sleep Tired eyes telling the truest lies To a consciousness that's in it this deep Rest my head I’m better off in bed Even though that the truth just won’t sleep Tired eyes telling the truest lies To a consciousness that's in it this deep The pain subsides just enough to deny that this will happen all over again The pain subsides just enough to deny that this will happen all over again The pain subsides just enough to deny that this will happen all over again The pain subsides The pain subsides The pain subsides The pain subsides The pain subsides The pain subsides The pain The pain The pain Fading today, the dark consuming the day and two beats away from the end These intuitive walls are pushing me down In a room where I'll drown in my selfishness Rest my head I’m better off in bed Even though that the pain just won’t sleep Tired eyes telling the truest lies To a consciousness that's in it this deep Rest my head I’m better off in bed Even though that the truth just won’t sleep Tired eyes telling the truest lies To a consciousness that's in it this deep