Gallows

Through the fissure I now see the catalyst
Unknown is cold, and home is where the harm is
Four walls won't save the mind from the brink
My eyes bleed before I can blink
Staring back from my reflection
Faceless yet familiar apparitions
Find the character, become a parody
I am both sickness and remedy.

Eternal sunshine for spotless minds
I lose mine and then I lose those who near me
I see my future so very clearly
I've seen the gallows that awaits me.

Endless days or is it nights?
All melds together as the teeth of time takes its bite Beneath the calming chaos I writhe
Even the smallest ripple can change the tide
Ambitions corrupted by doubt
If I'm not king, I'm not anything but static sound
As silent apathy grows omnipresent
Deeper into the abyss I descend.

I can't remember how to sleep
I don't remember what it tastes like to eat.

How long have I floated in nothingness?
The lines are fading between bliss and bleakness
Eternal sunshine for spotless minds.

I lose mine and then I lose those who near me
I see my future so very clearly
I've seen the gallows that awaits me
I don't remember dismay or delight
I can't remember why I died inside
In oblivion I remain taciturn
There's always another day to burn
Time will cover the wounds
But it won't break the pattern
Little by little, ripped and torn
There's nothing to lament
So cut the story short
I already know how it ends.

Eternal sunshine for spotless minds
I lose mine and then I lose those who near me
I see my future so very clearly
I've seen the gallows that awaits me
Eternal twilight for mine.