Requiem

Stoke the fire before I close up the night Dove into every emotion wish I could be over with this trope of my life Weight on my shoulders I wouldn't revoke this even with no end in sight My only hope is as I grow older I can still hold it in stride Even though these nightmares showed me the motive to relocate insight I still awoke when it was over haunted and broken by fright Neck roped up with the terror of staring at ghosts in my eyes No comparison totally coherent and still standing with nowhere to hide Something I cherished in old love I managed to throw behind Was the advantages I soaked up with no understanding of the price How damaging to build companionship brandishing every vice Looking for answers that remained inanimate with no bearing on my own life At times I wonder where this road ends and if there's a vantage point in the sky Where I can look down with clarity on things buried or in disguise From Saint Vincent Saint Mary's to Kamloops up from parallel 55 Every indifferent enterrement stamped with the mark of famine and genocide Standing on ruins of sans souci and carelessly living lies Air tainted with pollutants even when none perish from the strikes No fair future inherently under assailants of this crisis No sense in preparing with rights stripped lifelines in a vice grip Money's tight and the lights dim Melting ice when the tides shift And I mind what I might spend Yeah I keep my eyes on what's left And even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death These words'll shatter all balusters with a staggering of breath Never passive in the face of disaster amassing stress Times passage'll leave cadavers from future casualties as a test So with every action I'm establishing groundwork for the next steps Every minute and hour laying foundations to protect Through every challenge, through even schism Look I'll keep up with that gun talk, one off egotism I'll be up when the suns gone, one thought keepin me driven But I won't ever become lost in one hollow self-image I still remember we got it all wrong singing one song in one rhythm I mean I'll keep up with that love talk, no need to stop for a picture I'll be up when the suns gone, one thought keepin me driven But I won't ever become lost in one hollow self-image I still remember we got it all wrong singing one song in one rhythm