Left open by a broken hinge that’s rusted by our tears
The door to future happiness is closing with the fear that life
Amongst such crushing tones
Eroding all known love with endless pain
Can still be so desirable, although greatly unreliable;
A craving for all mankind.
Its highs greater than any drug could conjure,
We all sniff and grovel for the good
Injecting new meaning into our quest
Yet the bad comes free with every dose
Not forgetting debt and interest.
I’ve known too long these weird, crazed drugs
But I was blinded by the opening
To escape from this obscenity.
Although past the frame I’ve struggled
And to the open I have come;
I’ll be seen behind the backdoor
Of the life I have fled from.
As I preach upon the front door,
Raise a fist to knock the pane,
Think of those I’ve left behind me
Defeated and in vain.
I ask the children just to rest their eyes
Whilst the parents kneel to pray
For those whose doors have slammed tight shut
And for eternity they will pay.
To live, a fearsome journey of morality and sanity -
Two things that no one can obtain forever.
But they will forever pass as human
And humanity seems to be
The horrors and the prejudice
That will always turn to haunt me,
That will always turn to close my door
Forever turn to kill me.