Off the Rails

Not one to shirk blame Instead he suffers in his own shame Holding the pieces and wondering why It turns out just the same Potential sky high But all ambition fades and dies Watching it all's inevitable With bleakness in his eyes While those stood around you Try to hide a grin They're driving you out from within He laid to waste the hand that he'd been dealt But any self-belief needs a little self-help When hearts of gold go off the rails We know that evil has prevailed A rose cast among the thorns Angel faces, invisible horns Spurring him on, and then they're gone A destiny that mourns Wild-eyed, the mob surround you Bait you all the way Your clarity's much too late He laid to waste the hand that he'd been dealt But any self-belief needs a little self-help When hearts of gold go off the rails We know that evil has prevailed Can't see it, can't see that Can't see cause what's laid before you Take the fragments of dreams you're holding Let them scatter over the ground Lurking shadows could have told you They wouldn't join you on the way down Hidden faces watch you drown He laid to waste the hand that he'd been dealt But any self-belief needs a little self-help When hearts of gold go off the rails We know that evil has prevailed