Taught To Be Afraid

Past - remember the sun
Sea - shining bright and warm
Dreams - I never forgot

I’ve lost my memory

Smell - acrid and strong
Love - like father and son

I tried to take that path

Fade - first twinkling then gone
Like sand through my hands

I’m punching another hole in my ticket

I was a child in a world full of men
Sailing a barren sea
Trying to picture my own reflection
Lost in the deep

Why was I always the second best?
I was forced to forget what I loved
Turning my dreams into fears
Hundreds of steps in the wake of the old man
Faded pain, no tears

Why walk straight down this grey brick road?

An insidious question often strikes me
Day after day
Is there a life before death?
My faith has vanished
All my passions lost to despair
I crave for your light
A hope to embrace

A life lacking depth
I open my eyes but it’s in vain
I’m blind

I’m tired of fighting
My demons grow
I’m going crazy

My desires surrounded by canvas and colours
All buried beneath years of soil

An insidious question often strikes me
Day after day
Is there a life before death?
My faith has vanished
All my passions lost to despair
I crave for your light
A hope to embrace