Oh what a sickening feeling,
Helpless in more ways than one.
Oh how fragile a life can be,
And how strange that another can send it,
Collapsing to nothing.
Cold and numb to the world,
As it stalks in the back of your mind,
And the selfishness,
Of the sadness,
In a time where a loved one could die.
Sudden fits of anger cut away at our lives,
Making it hard to hold these pieces together.
Not a semblance,
Of the hopes of yesterday.
Blood is draining from the moment the sound,
Strikes you dead in your tracks,
And you're frozen,
Without comfort;
No direction,
Just confusion and fear.
And you've got nowhere to go,
That it cannot find you,
The shape is looming.
Shadows dance upon the walls as you lay motionless.
Now I see that even the strongest of us,
Can be thrust into peril.
Saddening ceremonies conducted in hospital beds.
There's nowhere to hide anymore;
This grief has teeth and this pain has claws.
Tear me down and scatter the pieces.
Hopelessness hangs like a fog.
On these dark nights,
I doubt the dawn.
An irreparable state is where I find myself,
Buried deep in the guilt that I have my health.
Vacantly staring out into the streets,
Seeing the passing faces,
And their happy smiles,
Juxtaposed with my expressionless display.
And the silence that swallows the room,
Well I can't escape it.
It reminds me that nothing is safe,
But you don't deserve this.
I'm failing in my silence,
Consumed by all of this.
So sudden and overwhelming,
But you know you've got to live.
Please hold my hand.
Make me feel safe again.
And I'll do my best to,
Do the same for you.
credits
from Catharsis,
released July 7, 2017
Music and lyrics written by Nick Tatosky
Arrangement by Nick Tatosky, Ethan Erickson, Zack Jeffrey, and Chase Meek
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