step through the broken staircase
faceless values turned around
locked within a trance
colors brittle to the touch
fall through separation
stop apart
don’t wake the dead this time
chemicals spilling from your eyes
lock & turn it apart
like each day chosen before us
men fall from the sky
a paralyzed reaction driven through battle
loose this memory deep in your veins
this situation is endless
houses burning on empty streets
children run towards open bridges when we find a way out
when we paint it in gold
when we write it in silver
when we focus on all the details
situations endless
a feeling left to control
a justification split apart
voices half memorized
a future locked behind the past
a future written in your disguise
pictures adhered between their eyes
transfixed with your true control
yesterday they broke all the walls down inside
alone with degradation
stand behind the rain
try to face to light
every distant past buried behind segregation
capture faces like flags in the dark
this house runs across a million dreams
can’t focus on every detail
stand to listen to every hour
capture my sanity before it dissipates
grow past my youth
stand behind the light
every call hitting me closer
years behind an electric glare
fuel burns through my hands
spark a guide to instinct
every hour inside your head
crush the ghost where none of us belong
run past the traffic lights
wish apart every secret we are yearning for
confusion spins through your spine
i’ve seen you crush your eyes with instability
I saw you break the glass with your eyes
when we start to hesitate I can’t crawl back to the empty spaces
every distant shore that shakes the hours away
do we burn away the time
count every step through the wall
when we kept a million days awake
cross the streetcar
look away & try to believe i’ve seen you shut it apart
i’ve seen you shut it down
break apart every inscription when they guide us further away
a face in the distance where we try to believe
cross the hours away
I imagine their minds in black & white
to redesign every impact to a thoughtless disguise
Shattered Mind 