Explained Away - Anacrusis

Donning a sweet contented mask

Acquiring bliss, a grueling task

Adoring a regretful past

Wondering how long it can last

Frequenting a cold empty void

And fearing I am, paranoid

Obeying this despondent way

The crumbling hopes, the price to pay

Contorted veil of false fulfillment

So easily explained away… explained away

Nothing changes the future past

Pretending to the very last

Contorted veil of false fulfillment

So easily explained away

Driving onward, must gratify

I’m posing in a satisfied lie

Disregarding this emptiness

And settling, now, for so much less

Contorted veil of false fulfillment

So easily explained away

Donning a sweet contented mask

Acquiring bliss a grueling task

Nothing changes the future past

Pretending to the very last

Contorted veil of false fulfillment

So easily explained away… explained away…

Explained away…