The Garment

AS ASPIRATIONS TARNISH AND PERFECT MEMORIES RUST

WE LOST A CHARITY OF TRUST

BUT JUSTICE NEVER LIVED HERE

WHERE THOSE REACTIONS FEEL UNJUST

WITH EACH COMPARISON

ANOTHER RING CLOSED IN - IT WAS THE SHOW THAT LEFT YOU COLD

 THE STEEL YOU WORE, YOUR SUIT FOR WAR

 WITH NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE, YOU DREW THIS SHROUD AROUND YOU

 THE ANIMALS THAT STOLE YOUR SOUL

 AND WAS IT ALL FOR NOTHING? DID YOU LIVE WITH NOTHING

WHEN YOU FACED THE BLADE, DID YOUR DELUSIONS FADE

REIGN IN YOUR FEELINGS, THEY’RE MISPLACED

OR WERE YOUR FEARS DELAYED BY PROMISES THEY MADE

DID YOU FEEL YOUR DREAM HAD BEEN ERASED

AND AS YOU WORE THE FACE, YOU SELF-FULFILLED

THERE WAS A PROPHECY IT KILLED - YOU WALK A PATH THAT THEY CAN’T KNOW

 THE STEEL YOU WORE, YOUR SUIT FOR WAR

 WITH NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE, YOU DREW THIS SHROUD AROUND YOU

       THE ANIMALS THAT STOLE YOUR SOUL

 WAS IT ALL FOR NOTHING? DID YOU LIVE WITH FEAR

 WAS IT SELF-FLAGELLATION THAT BROUGHT YOU HERE

WHERE YOU FELT THE STING OF ARROWS

WHERE PEBBLES RAINED UPON YOUR SHORE

YOUR EYES WERE ONLY BROKEN WINDOWS

WHERE LIGHT BROKE THROUGH NO MORE

YOU’D ONLY DARED TO DREAM OF GIFTS BEYOND AND BENEATH THE SKIN

THEY LURED YOU IN

THEY’RE ON YOUR SHORE

THE STEEL YOU WORE

AND STILL YOU’VE BORNE A THOUSAND ARROWS