unfamiliar

i came into this world an unmarked page

but i've stained the paper with lines that i cannot erase

discarded my identity

a fragment of what i used to be

an iron mind in paper walls

is not a stable foundation in this ongoing storm

and now these hands of stone have eroded

collapsed again

i see a stranger's face staring in the mirror

who i was

was somewhere lost along the way

caught in an empty space

i never thought i'd be here

each day i feel it take a part of me

no retribution. no compromise

selfishly self-immolating inside

burn

burn me alive. i've seen the other side

burn me

set me alight

i see a stranger's face staring in the mirror

who i was

was somewhere lost along the way

caught in an empty space

i never thought i'd be here

each day i feel it take a part of me

i can't deny this feeling

i can't ignore the pain

of knowing i am human

and we all feel the fucking same

we're all born to feel this way

and so i ask myself

is the measure of a man

his character

his worth

contained by what his heart holds or contained within his works?

my motivations have never strayed

but somewhere i think they were buried along the way

i see a stranger's face staring in the mirror

who i was

was somewhere lost along the way

caught in an empty space

i never thought i'd be here

each day i feel it take a part of me

i've seen the other side