Verge of Collapse

Verge of Collapse… I look around me at friends and enemies Unable to really tell who is who? A handshake with one hand And a back stab with the other Depending on which will suit their needs... I fall prey to the theory that all men are good A fool in the darkness is what I’ve become A change in the making for better or for worse I will stand alone, apart from the others As much as I’ve done for the people I know No thought of myself getting anything in return The benefit of others was my only cause Now for the benefit of myself and only those I love I have been living on the verge of collapse Carrying the weight of my world Bend till I break on the verge of collapse Carrying the weight of the world… Wolves in sheep skin that I have let in In the den of the devil I now see deep within Beneath the surface I see the true face Of the demon inside that must be erased So hard to be truthful yet so easy to lie So hard to tell by the look in their eyes Time is the keeper that will set all truths free And somewhere in time they will have to face me I have been living on the verge of collapse Carrying the weight of my world Bend till I break on the verge of collapse Carrying the weight of the world… Sins of the past always come back to haunt me Though I’ve forgiven anyone against me In my heart I have changed for the better I think But my soul I thought cleansed is still on the brink Pray to my God for an end to this dream More of a nightmare than I could believe To do right, to work hard, and at the end of the day Be at peace with myself, again in silence I pray… I have been living on the verge of collapse Carrying the weight of the world...