“We all reserve the right to disobey. So step out of line. Don’t embrace discontentment anymore. How can you blame someone else for misfortune that falls your way when it was you all along? Your neglect has set the stage to seal your fate.
When will we wake from this illusion that we aren’t accountable? Turning our backs on the world…as the world ceases to breathe. If God were to sleep, we have become the kinds of things creating nightmares from his dreams along the way.
Tears wet your face withering away the youth we can’t replace. I refuse to accept that we can’t change the paths we take. We weren’t meant to be slaves to an image portrayed by views not our own. Our trust long betrayed. What makes us so different if our hearts beat the same? Who will stand to fight for a life to reclaim?
Tonight I hope I dream that I am alive, free from the consequences of a life that’s passed me by. In the absence of light we will follow the sound. I’ll step in time with my heart. Nothing else matters now.”
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