Life has it’s hand to my throat, squeezing, pushing as I turn blue
Back against the wall, if I fall, it wouldn’t be surprising with what I’ve been through
I smile and spit in her face as she releases me from her grip
I fall to one knee, look to the ground, and see a gun and a clip
It seems like a way out, or at least that’s the way that it seems
But who really wins in the end when the pawns and the players switch teams?
Fear sets into her eyes and she thinks back to everything she said
But much to her surprise I put the gun up to my own head
If I fail, If I fail
I’m taking everybody down with me
If I fail…
I still win!
2X
She lied to me with words that pierced me like a dagger
Each line adding onto the burden that has fed into my anger
Not a friend, not something more, never anything she had ever claimed
Just another incident of a “who is he?”, “oh, it’s what’s-his-name”
And she stood there silently as he manipulated and violated her trust
Complicit in her lack of action as if it shouldn’t mean anything to us
And the sense of loss of losing someone so close after so much time
The easy way out is to leave it all behind
If I fail, If I fail
I’m taking everybody down with me
If I fail…
I still win!
2X
/bridge/
I can’t take the pressure, it’s eating at me
I can’t sleep, I can’t breathe, I can’t find a release
/solo/
If I pull the trigger I leave the pain for a bit of release
I’ve had the weight of a life on my hands for a decade at least
How will you handle losing someone, knowing you’re the reason why?
How will you handle the demons that will keep you up at night
When you contemplate and analyze things you can’t understand
Hoping for some release you feel for the blood that’s on your hands
If I kill this human side of me and leave a hollow shell
How will you ever life with yourself?
If I fail, If I fail
I’m taking everybody down with me
If I fail…
I still win!
4X
If I kill this human side of me and leave behind a hollow shell
You had better learn to pray for forgiveness |
Submission Name: If I Fail
