Catharsis

It's summer, so they say I sit and watch the sunlight turn from red to grey One look backward, the image is fractured I never thought I'd get this far when every step treads in the shards A journey incomplete, I pull the glass out of my feet And put back the pieces like broken bones healing So what does it matter So what does it matter when pieces I gather Are torn up and scattered I crack, snap, and shatter my bones Feel my skin turn to stone again Affliction's left its mark on me My temper vapid and heartless Submission force-feeds my apathy But every breath is catharsis Cautious and optimistic Life fucks me up sometimes, but I don't want to miss it And I'm wading through this bull shit And I meant it when I said it Life will eat you if you let it So what does it matter when pieces I gather Are torn up and scattered I crack, snap, and shatter my bones Feel my skin turn to stone again Affliction's left its mark on me My temper vapid and heartless Submission force-feeds my apathy But every breath is catharsis All cut and sewn, so overgrown I am the rocks on the shore Your waves always break over me Unmoved by heartache and stone to the core I gave up trying to run away It's with me every step I take Rise to my feet This earth will never know my knees (All cut and sewn) My temper vapid and heartless (So overgrown) But every breath is catharsis I am the rocks on the shore (all cut and sewn) Your waves always break over me Unmoved by heartache and stone to the core I gave up trying to run away (so overgrown) It's with me every step I take Rise to my feet (but every step is catharsis) This earth will never know my knees