ROSES OF DELUSION
When everything screams at you to give up
What else can you do?
So you fold yourself in half & cry
To slowly wither & fade away
Some believe in a place called hell
Where you go if you've been bad
Some time after you have died
You are sent there & don't come back
I don't know where i am right now
But in my mind, this must be hell
& if it turns out that it is not
Then how much worse can hell really be?
I wish that i knew something
Other than fear & dread
I wish that i knew something
Just one thing better than that
I see my world in shades of grey
The colours have all gone
Smudged, erased, polluted, muted
My world is clouds of rain
I long for a beacon, a light, a ship
Yet even if I found one
I would doubt it's very existence
Deny it so it doesn't hurt when it gets taken away
That's the trick
Have you learnt it now?
Do you see the way things are?
The truth behind the grand facade?
Never trust what gives you hope
Never trust that shiny jewel
For soon enough it will be stolen
Swept away & lost in the Black Parade
A black parade with no end in sight
A black parade that smothers & smites
It strikes you when you think your safe
& leaves you hollow while it laughs in your face
Hope is Death dressed in drag
A tempting disguise to distract & attract
The Reaper wears his crown of roses
& drops the sickle while you sigh in bliss
"Victory!" The Reaper cries
"Victory is mine
I have slain you in your waking dream
As you stared me in the eye
I've been standing here in front of you
I've been here all this time
& yet you never saw me
You only saw the lie"
The Reaper laughs & the roses die
The veil falls away
& as you watch your life slip by
You see how you were lead astray
You listened to promises laced in poison
You heard the song but not the tune
You held the roses in your hand
& felt not a single thorn
Such is the power of delusion
It strips you of logic, reason & sense
It tricks you to think you float on air
When really you're drowning in sinking sand
So, do not hope & do not dream
Do not even dare to wish
For the star that catches it in flight
May well be the bullet to end your life
You may think me cynical, depressed or insane
But oh, my friend, if you only knew
If you saw the things that i have seen
Then you would understand
I pray you never come to this place
I pray you will never understand what i say
But if you do, then please, please hear this...
Please know that you are not alone