Warden

And I am the teacher

And I am hard work

And I am in the line of fire

And I am no one's keeper

The ignorance will keep me in

It crawls under my skin

But forging the lullaby

Keeps me high

And I am the abider

And I am the ill omen

And I am at the crossroads

And I am no one's keeper

How I've waited to say

Close down

The weary mind

The future has passed

Stay unaware

That the dreams we shared

Shattered at last

Give in to the impending amnesia

The freezing rash

Now shut

The tired eye

The future has passed

And I am the warden

And I am the citadel