Ethical Lapse - Dormiveglia

Set your intentions to better ambitions

That or become the monster that you spawned from

Step back, reflect, and decide

Keep watch your internal penitentiary

That harbors ill intent and ethical lapse

Step back, reflect, and decide

Self-control, I depend upon your discipline

Without you, I fear for those in close contact

Where would I be without the ones who’ve helped me

The ones who truly got my back?

The solution is right in front of me

I just have to reach out, hold, pull, bring it back

The solution is easy for me to see:

Behind the mirror lies the man in me

I have to clearly define between my wants and my needs

Back then, I used to think for myself

But now the bottle thinks for me

Back then, I used to think for myself

But now the bottle thinks for me

Back then, I had concrete defiance

I’d pick my battles, not pick my defeat

Back then, I used to think for myself

I used to calm the rage inside of me

Back then, I had concrete defiance

The only ground I needed was the earth below my feet

Self-control, I rely on your resistance

Against the wind and against the grain

Shield me with better judgement

Reinforce my reasons to refrain

One evil has transferred to another

Infecting my morality and where I stand

The temptation is tangible.

Its taste is palpable

For fuck’s sake, it’s right in my hand

I have fallen so far

And I can’t get back up

I used to have a clear conscience.

I used to be moralistic

I used to put others before me.

I used to be more realistic

You can’t always put the blame on your problems

Often times, the true problem is in yourself

Stand back up

Give your promises physical form

You have been given another day

(We have been given another day.)

You’ve been given two hands but only one life

So push those demons away

(We have been given another day.)

I will not become the victim

I will conquer my vices

Right now, I am trying my hardest to formulate a better plan

Right now, I am looking in the mirror

And promising to become a better man