Within the Distraction - Odium

Impaled on picket fences

The choice to follow your dreams

Was only ever a dream

You were born nothing

That’s what you’ll die with

To see hopes light

I would give anything

We are chasing our tails

Within distractions beyond our control

Because there must be something more

Who are you to say that’s it’s not worth it

Sliver of all you’ve been promised

I know why you can’t let go of all this

The obsession is all you’ve ever known

To just let go

I’ve seen what that can do to a man

When mediocrity is unacceptable

To strive for something, anything

Keeps me sane

All the problems non existent

Just to persist is a vision all it’s own

So who are you to say that’s it’s not worth it

Sliver of all you’ve been promised

I know why you can’t let go of all this

The obsession is all you’ve ever known

As I walk through the valley in the shadow of you

I know doubt and despair in my

…desperation won’t get me through

Regret is a part of me

You’re living proof

You’ve had my loyalty

You’ll always be my sanctuary

This liberation is all you’ve inspired

All I will ever need to find

I can never let go

Who are you to say that’s it’s not worth it

Sliver of all you’ve been promised

I know why you can’t let go of all this

The obsession is all you’ve ever known