Parallax

Is this the heart I'm meant to see? Is this always what I would be When you looked deep down into me And I thought I was free? What was human then? The perfect lie? The ways we'd always try And fail to deny Ourselves? Each other? Hand in hand Soul in soul An eye? For an eye? And tears Despair the only sin When we once Were Are your fears My own? Or have I always felt so nearly Alone? Is apathy the human chord So softly strummed by Someone else's fingers Words so seemingly strange In familiarity Whispered Over and over Again and again Until thought Falls like fresh rain And the same minor notes Flicker flame deep inside me What is hope? What is hope? Who are we to hope To be?