A Jaded Portrait

I walk these cold streets

These streets I've walked with you

What's left is a memory

Of dirty alleys and a dismal view

Somehow it looks so different

From the road I've walked before

It's just how I remember

Except you're not with me anymore



I struggle to see the stars

Through the billowing clouds of haze

You gave the stars their fire

The same way you set my heart ablaze

It seems like only minutes

Since your candle's been blown out

Leaving me in wanting

And now I must live on without



Without you I still see you

Locking me in your embrace

Always the romantic one

With a tragically handsome face

Now I'm left in wonder

Marveling at love and life and death

How life ends so quickly

But love continues without a breath



What is left; I bring along

A memory of love without a frame

It's just a jaded portrait

Of a tender face without a name

Along the Fading Line

I walk along the fading line,

Between reality and dreams.

Now this edge is in decline,

And nothings as it seems.



Where illusions feel so certain,

And reality seems pretend.

I'm caught behind a curtain,

When the line begins to blend.



They tell me to trust my dreams,

One day they might come true.

But when I pull apart the seams,

The fantasies begin to skew.



These delusions start spread,

And the limits keep on fading.

Steadily taking over my head,

As the distortion is pervading.



Any mark has disappeared.

It's gone without a trace,

And the line has been smeared.

There's empty in its place.



I walk along the fading line,

Between reality and dreams.

Now I'm looking for a sign,

For nothings as it seems.

Disillusioned

When I was a child I never was told

This world was so wild, unruly and cold

But tragedy never collided this close to my heart

Until Jared decided to tear my life apart

Its something that comes to all but me

Until I heard the drums of my destiny

The light of his candle had been blown away

A death I couldn't handle so I started to pray,

"God, help the people who've wandered afar

For they are the people whom hate did scar."



I've reached the conclusion

There's no more delusions

So start the confusion

From this moment on

I'm disillusioned...



When I was na�ve, people always said

Never deceive the one that you wed

What a group of liars they turned out to be

Full of impious desires and hypocrisy

Marriage is holy or so I've heard

But now love is only a fake silly word

Parents tear apart the kids they betray

So with a broken heart, I started to pray,

"God, help the lost children. They cry for a guide.

These are the children for whom your son died."



I've reached the conclusion

There's no more delusions

So start the confusion

From this moment on

I'm disillusioned...



When I was little I was made to believe

You never belittle what others achieve.

The worlds at peace and people understand

That we all need a piece to survive in this land

Racism is dead and Hate's just a word

I would lie in my bed and never had stirred

Until somebody tore my calm world away

I could not ignore so I started to pray,

"God, help humanity. Your people are crying

Please, end the insanity. Poor people are dying"



I've reached the conclusion

There's no more delusions

So start the confusion

From this moment on

I'm disillusioned...