A Broken Man

Feel the heat intensify, steel piercing the skin

Sky on fire electrified, war inside begins

Wrought with guilt abandoning, comrades lying still

Soulless eyes stare back at me, broken, sick I feel

What of the dreams? A haunting curse

Toxic and bleak, I'm getting worse

Dead inside

Though I've tried, I know I am

A broken man

Swaying, praying

Trying to escape

Laughing, crying

More than one can take

Haunting, taunting

Will not let me be

Hypnotizing

And not letting go of me

Stranglehold, dreams unfold

Helpless, can't break free

Memories, blood red sky

Rain down on me

Battle cry, war inside

Senseless tragedy

Shock and awe, numb and raw

Suffocating me

Nightmare, will this never end?

Flashback, I'm unravelling

Misery, can't break free

Wasted lives cast aside

What of the dreams? A haunting curse

Toxic and bleak, I'm getting worse

Dead inside

Though I've tried, I know I am

A broken man

What of the dreams? What can I learn? (What can I learn?)

Nor can erase, forever burn (Forever burn)

What of the dreams? Inflamed and torn (Inflamed and torn)

And now I wish I had never been born (Never been, never been, never been)

All is lost, I've done all I can, I swear

This cross is mine to bear

Broken man, only one remedy

He waits patiently, peaceful and free for eternity