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The Makeshift Conqueror Pt. II

Verse 1:

Another struggle with the enemy within

Eager to teach with my patience wearing thin

Unarmed I charge right into another defeat

The same old patterns emerge once more

With the same old holes and cracks in the floor

No need to repair the incomplete

Chorus:

Makeshift conqueror

Blindfolded enlightenment

Aimless wanderer

Try to scale the mountain with one hand

Verse 2:

I did not necessarily think this through

But it’ll keep me afloat for a minute or two

Step by step with some steps missing in between

According to the plan I won’t stick to the plan

According to the plan I know better in the end

Misguided conviction the like you’ve never seen

Chorus:

Makeshift conqueror

Blindfolded enlightenment

Aimless wanderer

Try to scale the mountain with one hand

Makeshift conqueror

Indiscretion evident

Aimless wanderer

Try to weather the current with one hand

Interlude:

Wit has found its end

My wit has finally found its end

No need to pretend

I failed no need to pretend

House of cards collapsed

My makeshift house of cards collapsed

Time display elapsed

My makeshift time display elapsed

Am I doomed to live like this?

Self-inflicted judas kiss

Am I doomed to live like this?

Resolving my issues hit or miss

Interlude II:

Every hole I dig myself into

Becomes a well in the end oh I seem to

Have found a way to scrape by

Have found a way to deny

Still I struggle with the enemy within

Eager to teach but my patience’s wearing thin

Leads: Kötterl/Schafberger

Bridge:

If there’s chance to leave it all behind

Wipe the chaos away and no longer be so blind

Would it still be the same the life I’d want to live?

Would I still do my best with all I have to give?

But the flaws that I carry so deep within

Are as much a part of me as the battles that I win

And the makeshift nature of the way I prevail

Will ensure each battle will become a worthwhile tale

Just like this tale

Of the makeshift conquerer I am