---

I am left alone, forced to come to terms

Gaze at my mouth as my lips form the words

Am I dying now, or is this just my conception?

Clawing through the lies to eliminate deception

Incarcerate the only one, who can explain to me, the answer

Reevaluate myself, I'm the final dancer

I must teach myself to distinguish pain from pleasure

Time to learn the difference between poverty and treasure

No longer can I be satisfied be ordinary means

I feel as though on air, my destiny now leans

The glass in front of me is measure thick in years

The skin upon my face is wiped away by tears

Who shall come to set me free?

Which is bane or ecstasy?

Lifelong masquerade, Im not the way that I appear

My heart is not moved by passion, instead its led by fear

Loathing the manner in which i live from day to day

Enclosed in my remorse, dressed finely in my shame

Will somebody please tell me

If this is bane or ecstasy?

Gone is my motivation, lost is my pride

Those who have claimed to know me are people that have lied

I spit into my own face and laugh into my eyes

Please wipe away this fakery and burn this vile disguise

Some day soon I hope to see

This is bane, not ecstasy