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Distressed by afternoon, a few hours more and

another day has passed serving those fools

They shamelessly feed off my fear

to speak the final word and take back what I hold dear

Fuck their numbers, fuck their synthetic smiles

Those words never came…

I sought comfort from where it was banned

and got caught in a maze of secrecy so grand

My head spins with theories and suspicion,

but my body collects reward

Her eyes spoke to me with lust

Tempting, yet loaded with danger

Loneliness defeated reason and I went down

It's too easy to slip away when no one sees to redeem you

I tried, I fought, but in the end I left behind my sole source of joy

Fuck their mission, there's limits to my patience

Those words never came…

Looking back, I regret my poor resolve

What did I miss, and what did I gain?

I tossed integrity for narrow-minded greed

and earned a ticket to a dead-end ride to bliss.

Those eyes clouded with tears

I turned down her heartfelt misery

Selfishness defeated emotion and I survived