Do you feel free? What would it take, a choice or force, to be happy?
Alive in this dream, it's not what it seems to be. We're only acting.
Keep floating along-
Turning the pages. Keep telling yourself you're living through hell.
The higher the flames get the quicker you find you're still somewhat yourself.
But then in rolls the Wave.
Blurring the boundaries. The footprints you made.
All disappears in circles and mirrors making your grave.
Put up a fight, put up a fight, you can't win.
We're all gonna die someday, and that's it.
Don't pick a side, don't pick. The game's rigged.
Balance your best. We're too late to change it.
Feeling the thrill you're trapped now- a dark room.
Trying to find a snake before it finds you.
Feel like you're out; you're not- just in a new hall.
Illusions to match the backdrop of your mind's wall.
Rigid patterns change through pain.
Alone in your head. It's not bound to last long if you ask for this favor.
Wake up your dead. What are you to yourself if not some kind of savior?
Keep trying. Make the best of it.
Try to make the best of it.
And try to laugh.
credits
from Chapel Perilous,
released February 10, 2014
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