Abyss Of Self
                        darkstar (Clone347@aol.com)

 false truths to feed the lies
 so many cheapened baubles
 i've been yearning for
 i've been searching for.

 shallow lives kill time til' we die
 so much wasted breath
 i've been dwelling on
 i've been running from.

    we are born innocent
    but that is easy to forget
    when a little boy must be a man
    because of things he doesn't understand.

         and i look to the sky
         and i step to the edge
         of the abyss of my soul.
         and i laugh at myself
         as the tears roll down
         this is the world i know.
         this is all the world i know.....

 cowards wear hero clothes
 so many broken faiths
 i've been believing in
 i've been kneeling in.

 reality packs the harshest blow
 so many battered dreams
 i've been clinging to.
 i've been struggling through.

    we are born nursing hope.
    but that breaks under the world's yoke.
    when a little boy loses himself
    in the sea of everyone else.

       and i wish for the sky.
       and i peer over the edge
       of the abyss of my soul.
       and i laugh at myself
       while the tears roll down
       this is the world i know.
       this is all the world i know....

 dreams are for the weak of heart
 so much squandered passion
 i've been living from.
 i've been dying from.

 life is a long night, and dark.
 so many dying stars
 i've been reaching for.
 i've been bleeding for.

    we are born possessing wings
    but lose them in the thick of things.
    when a little boy died in the end
    warped into the man who survived him.

         and i claw for the sky
         as i cling to the edge
         of the abyss of my soul
         and i laugh at myself
         while the tears roll down
         this is the world i know
         this is all the world i'll know....