LYRIC FOR SALE

By SMR

It’s familiar to you
You’ve seen it
You’ve felt it first hand
You had to live with it for so long
It’s the one thing you know better than all
So tell me why

Why do you choose to inflict it onto others?
Is it for fun?
Is it for gain?
Or is it for solace in some twisted way?
Do you truly wish for all to suffer the same as you?

If screams of fear and cries of pain soothe your own pain, fear and shame then you will never be sane

You know the pain you inflict better than yourself
It has consumed you
You’ve become its vessel
It truly seems it’s all there is to you
As you do onto others what someone else did to you
Spreading fear farther
Passing on the pain from one person to another until no one recovers
And love and compassion are left undiscovered
Prolonging the cycle of pain indefinitely
Just when will it cease?

Can’t you see the reflection?
You have become the very thing you’ve hated
The very thing you’ve feared, all your life
Do you now feel powerful?
Do you now feel in control?
Now that you’ve become your own worst nightmare?

What you went through was never up to you
But now in the moments when you’ve had the choice, you’ve chosen to do the same as what they did to you
Over and over and over again
Each time losing more of yourself
Feeding the hate
Revelling in another’s pain
Binding your fate to theirs
To never care
Nothing good to give
Nothing good to share
No one shall be spared
Because of the pain you still choose to bear
Passing it on to dampen your own
But for just how long will this go on?

Don’t you see the reflection?
You’ve become the very thing you’ve hated
The very thing you’ve feared, all your life
Do you now feel powerful?
Do you now feel in control?
Now that you’ve sold your soul

Just what have you become?
You’re so empty yet so full of shit
Hate and rage
Drowning in shame that you’re too scared to face
Do you even remember your own name?
Is it too late for you to change your ways?
The things you've done can no longer be undone
But what you do today and what you do tomorrow is up to you

Look at your reflection!
You’ve become the very thing you’ve hated
The very thing you’ve feared all your life
Do you feel powerful?
Do you feel in control?
Now that you’ve become your own worst nightmare?