failure

i've been lonely

and i have been blind

and i. i've learned nothing

so my hands are firmly tied

to the sinking leadweight of failure

i've worked hard all my life

money slips through my hands

my face in the mirror tells me

it's no surprise that i'm

pushing the stone up the hill of failure

they tempt me with violence

they punish me with ideals

and they crush me with an image of my life

that's nothing but unreal

except on the goddamned slaveship of failure

i'll drown here trying

to get up for some air

but each time i think i breathe

i'm laid on with a double share

of the punishing burden of failure

i don't deserve to be down here

but i'll never leave

and i've learned one thing

you can't escape the beast

in the null and void pit of failure

when i get my hands on some money

i'll kiss it's green skin

and i'll ask it's dirty face

where have you been?"