When built, the damage done The all-absorbing eye With ball and chain Against the grain Where lost tomorrows die Feeding storm Yet the walls still stand Changing form King of nothing on a throne of sand Cannot break out of this maze Said to leave a deep trace - once designed What has been fought since day one In a war never won - now defined This deadweight of the soul A state of siege upheld The worlds i weave Of make-believe In waking dreams expelled The more the truth distorts The less the mond is a blur Thought correction Resurrection Patching up the future Feeding storm Yet the walls still stand Changing form King of nothing on a throne of sand Cannot break out of this maze Said to leave a deep trace - once designed What has been fought since day one In a war never won - now defined Void of anguish Nourished by isolation and self deception Subconsciously i must have felt as awe and dread increased My nightmares will soon all be so vivid and visible The punishment came to strike As the roots come undone Bit by bit, one by one Ripping out any chance of control Life is caught in a haze Preying on rainy days Giving rise to a shell of a soul Watch fate take wing! As the roots come undone Bit by bit, one by one Ripping out any chance of control Life is caught in a haze Preying on rainy days Giving rise to a shell of a soul What thrives in hiding And on fear Is making itself known Like doubt in the clear A shared illusion Shown and destroyed The error perfecting the void Cannot break out of this maze Said to leave a deep trace - once designed What has been fought since day one In a war never won - now defined