All For You:

All the things you said to me
As if I won’t amount to anything
That I am in actuality nothing
How can you do that?
I’m your own son
All along I sat back
Submissive in punishment
I’m no longer that scared little boy
I’ve come to disregard you
Where now it’s my turn
Only to do it in different fashion
If I ever think to breed such an emotion
Such a powerful drive
To see you suffer by the hand of fate
Taking advantage
To seek your point of weakness
Watching you in this state of shock
How can this bring such joy to me?
Everyone gets what they deserve
Over time I endured what I was put through
Maybe a step too close to the edge sometimes
Eventually I drew further from that
Stabilizing a reason for my life
To show you how much better I am than you
Thank you

Hand Me Down This:

Lock the doors
Hide the children
It’s not safe for them
To see it all collapse
In front of their eyes
To hear the screams
Shuttering
Closing their eyes until it’s over
Holding back the tears
From years of witnessing
How family life really is
To want to trust
But looking a the knives
That everyone holds
Its leaves us no choice
Blood is thicker than water
But the scars are deeper
Its gets louder and louder
There is no refuge
It can be heard echoing through time
Carrying to every orifice of memory
Selfish so many times
They ignore what their doing
Tearing apart the elements of family
If they could only feel
And see the damage they’ve caused
To hand down to their kids
If you’d only listen to their cries
You’d know where the problem resides
We are the future
To change you’re past

Distant Figure:

To sacrifice myself to you
A non-existent figure
Depending on you
To lead me through times
Crying to you as if your here
For my salvation
If I choose to forget you
Or just plainly disbelieve
How does that affect my life?
In reality you’ve never been there
I’ve achieved on my own
I could follow blindly
But there’s no point in wasting time
In the beginning you were fed to me
Now I don’t like the taste
Its doesn’t seem right
The only faith I have is for myself
If I didn’t have that
I don’t know where Id be today

Relief Of Replacement:

Replacing the past
Which could never be perfected
Filling the hole
But the piece wont fit
Leaving it empty
You can’t relieve this pain
Making someone something they aren’t
The person you want them to be
No way you can fix what has been broken
You try so many times
But you only get more frustrated
Blaming yourself for things that aren’t your fault
That are just out of your control
Don’t make the same mistake twice
Chasing the wrong person
Choose wisely
Friends are forever
They should be what they always have been
Keep the ones you love close
Don’t let them slip away
Make sure you mean what you say
Say it when you mean it
Not just cause you feel obligated
Be careful
You may lose them
Due to ignorance
And you’ll be left looking for a replacement
That will never reach that expectation

Wrongly Accused:

There are no secrets
Only your ignorance
Deal with the truth
Leave me alone
Needless accusations
Tear the walls down
Expose what you want
You wont find what you’re looking for
Take it all away from me
I guess it’s the price I pay
For being honest
Lines have been crossed
New ones have been drawn
Sacrifice history
For stupidity
Up to you
Doesn’t matter to me
It’s all the same

Infection (The Early Stages):

If all is good
Why do I feel betrayed?
For some reason I don’t believe that
Friendships have strayed
Apparently I’m not good enough
Who I thought were my friends
Are no longer
When one fell
The rest followed
Their minds shut off
Going on without distraction
Turning heads
To the obvious wrong going on
I shall question your alliance
But come back empty handed
With a meaningless gesture
That I just can’t accept
For all that I’ve believed
As much as I thought I had
I really don’t
There is nobody
Let the truth be told

Incubation (The Breeding Process):

Wounds have become infected
Open for too long
A disease has arisen
Of the unlikely sort
Friends are a disease
Raping your body of anything good
In the end
Discarding your body
They neglect to be a cure of everyday life
Cure of love and friendship
What people say?
Is different then what they actually do
Stepping over you
At every given chance they get
Consuming your time and effort
Before you know it
Your life is over
I let the feeling sit
Unaware
It took over who I am
Forcing myself to distrust
Questioning the obvious
Disapproving of you all
Neither right nor wrong
For you are all nothing
As a result of some

Immunity (The Antidote):

Youth is innocence
We grow with each other
Till the ages of time expire
Sharing a common bond
A bond of mind, soul and body
Touching upon each other
Over the many years
The secrets can’t be told
For they are already known
We are only secrets to the world
But two against an army
A fight for life
To be together forever
We can talk
We can laugh
We can fight
We can cry
Through it all
If we make it
Id be glad
To call you my friend
Differences equal understanding
Your presence
Proves the past wrong
I don’t need them
I just need you