Chasing Shadows

Claustrophobia impending They'd see through this disguise Symbols turn and run in horror To ridicule the eyes Undivided concentration It fails to bring the gains Taunted by your own impairment The will begins to bend Hold on, be strong, the end will surely come When the world will cease this fallacy Raise your head above the water To be pushed down again Drowning in the constant torment Of those you thought were friends Destiny is what awaits thee Who pushes harder still Fight the fear of total failure They'll never break the will This defect is a gift Turn resentment to up lift The wind is changing Surrender the disguise Look past your own demise The wind must change Young child, don't walk away from your dreams And young child, it's not as bad as it seems Sticks and stones will break your bones, but Only you can hurt you As you crawl inside your shell you hide Licking your wounds in the cover of the shadows, you renew Desensitise your fragile mind, fortify the essence of your insides, calcified Now you crawl out of the shadows To face those that paint with scorn They would hold you If they could bear to wrap their arms around this aberration Their repugnance shining clearly through Hands are shaking A mind of their own who you cannot disown Unstoppable, out of control, never will you tame Hold on, be strong, the end will surely come When the world will cease this fallacy This defect is a gift Turn resentment to up lift The wind is changing Surrender the disguise Look past your own demise The wind must change