Present, But Not Here

Your sole omission

To feel, but you, my friend, are not to blame

Like autopilot

Guided by a world that sees in shades of gray

That constant pressure

Pushing you closer than you'd like to be

To giving up

If only you could set the clock back on how things used to be

Too out of touch to bother fooling anyone from coming in

Built up these walls as protection from forcing

You to socialize and conversate

Have you seen the news today?

An innocent man's life taken away

A young boy abducted from his school

A woman raped, god, this world is so cruel

In darkness

Seek darkness

Through darkness

Feel nothing

In darkness

Seek darkness

Through darkness

Feel nothing now

Don't fall away

It's all gonna work out okay

The sun will shine

Goodbye then

Be safe, my friend

Don't you dare go hollow

Go on and preach your nonsense

If that's what helps time pass

Travel a path to nowhere

A step forward and twelve right back

No point in anything

Guess I'll just go to sleep

Better than what's going on

The world is shit at best

It's all a fucking mess

At what point does it just come down?

A place that's self destructive nature can't possibly hope to hang on

And even when we are faced with a global threat, we let it separate us

Call out for absolution

Wipe clean this tarnished end

Eradicating morals

My good nature you'll expend

Fucked, it seems

Fucked to dream

Fuck the life

We were meant for

Keep on blaming

All the others

Avoid the questions

We want answered

Hard to act like there isn't a war goin' on in the world today

People treating each other wrong, and I think it stems from us just being afraid

Have you seen the news today?

An innocent man's life taken away

Protesters march against the grain

Through tear gas clouds and the tyranny that reigns

In darkness

Seek darkness

Through darkness

Feel nothing

In darkness

Seek darkness

Through darkness

Feel nothing now

Don't fall away

It's all gonna work out okay

The sun will shine

Goodbye then

Be safe, my friend

Don't you dare go hollow