Been so hard, to keep my soul alive The essence of my whole being misplaced Replaced Just like a curse, a shadow of a beast A seed sown in my mind A machine eating me inside But I couldn't resign I tried to leave the lie, fell into denial And then built a shield around waiting inside to be found My spirit locked in a shell (as you're trapped in one as well?) Trying to reach the highest state Carried by the inner stream remains Peace, I cannot set my mind in peace There's always something here that drives you down Lost sanity, my spiritual life in decay You can't lead it all alone And cannot always choose with whom you deal In this circus of mindless crooks at play They took us all for fools, handcuffed to a dying root Cannot move outside their rules, couldn't find my way back to you Now they want us crucified (hoping you won't even try?) Just reaching higher planes, carried by the inner stream remains