Balance - Anathema

glad to see your wide awake

this is the great escape

from a life that tried to mould you

and the lie it sold you

what would you do?

what wouldn’t you do?

what would you do?

what wouldn’t you do?

what would you do?

what wouldn’t you do?

did you try to reason why

look yourself in the eye

what you are is all you have been

what will be is all you do now

what would you do?

what wouldn’t you do?

what would you do?

what wouldn’t you do?

what would you do?

what wouldn’t you do?

spill a tear as your sense of self slowly

melts away

melts away

melts away

until death’s mirror reflects

the meaning of our lives

we wander aimless and mesmerised

as the fear starts to rise.

Can you rely on the safety of a system?

Those masochistic messages run deep into your soul, tearing through years of

subconscious defences.

In a split second the foundations for a peaceful fulfilling life can be blasted

away to the four corners of reality,

almost as if it were an act of a truly evil god.