I thought they went away

I feel as though I am losing my mind

The people, the voices, they scream in my head

telling me to stop

telling me to continue

I guess it's hard to have a conscience

It will all be over in a second anyway

I thought it was gone

the pain

the anger

the guilt

the suffering

alone

so so alone

and in my time of need

i get some advice

walk down to the old river

look off the bridge

jump

or don't

the voices can't seem to decide

everyone tells me

Raymond, take your meds

but when I take them

the voices disappear

then who will guide me?

they just want me to fail

another sad sad man on the side of their happy ending

clapping and clapping as they reach their dreams

not a thought about his own ambitions

I'm sure the voices want whats best for me

after all they're tethered to me

without me what happens to them?

its not like they can escape

can they?

now all the voices unified give me one sound piece of advice

usually they all argue

so this must be a great piece of wisdom

sure to change my life

maybe I'll be happier

they've never let me down before

so I jump