smile

you will be my shield

you'll be the only thing

anyone ever sees

kill

crush me, break my will

cease the endless rats inside the walls

that squeak and scratch away

and keep me awake



this is my vice that i will break

this is my christ in arms today

this is my golden chance

to fight the odds that never seem to change

ne'er seem to change

ne'er seem to change



today



love

don't hurt me this time

be for real

or kindly let this

lonely soldier be

fear

my old friend disappear

leave me to regard the world

in better ways

than what is wrong

and what cannot be



don't say you'll change