Light This City

Don't get your hopes up
Said the people I trust
More easily said than done
It's been a hard lesson
There's something wrong when one becomes reluctant to fall in love
When one's own blood stands pointing the gun
My helplessness is a vicious cycle
Causing frustration that debilitates
One is truly paralyzed
When one sees that time has begun to move too fast and too slow all at once
And I can't determine whether it happened gradually or immediately,
But my own weakness is now apparent to me
Every day
Everyone lies
Even if they don't realize
So go ahead and decide
Focus your eyes on mine
Tell me everything I'd die to hear after all this time
You'll just change your mind
And guilty conscience drives you to justify your actions
then criticize mine