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Self-Inflicted

SELF-INFLICTED I BRING IT ALL ON MYSELF, I AM THE CATALYST OF MY OWN DEMISE ALONE WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING GROWING OLD WITHOUT GROWING WISE I FEEL THE PAIN, YES, OF MY OWN MAKING BUT LOOKING BACK INTO THE CORE THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL IS TAKING ME BACK INTO THE ABYSS ONCE MORE I WRITHE AND I SCREAM POURING MY INSIDES OUT WITHOUT SLEEP, WITHOUT DREAMS, WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF THE ENDING AGAIN I FEEL LIKE I’M LOSING MY MIND ALONE WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING WITHOUT SIGHT, LIKE A MAN IN A CAVE, I’M BLIND I BRING THIS ALL ON, THE SHEER DISGUST I FEEL NO ONE TO FALL ON, TO SAVE ME FROM WHAT’S REAL ANGEL ON THE LEFT, DROWNED OUT BY DEMONS CRIES THEY SIT ON MY RIGHT AND I BELIEVE THEIR LIES, AND FOLLOW THROUGH TO THE OTHER SIDE… THEY SAY YOU HAVE THE STRENGTH TO CONQUER ALL TO OVERCOME YOUR DEEPEST FEARS BUT OUT OF THE DARKNESS, COMES FURTHER DISSENSION THAT HAS LAID IN WAIT FOR ALL THESE YEARS I FIGHT TO SEE THE POSITIVE HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL BUT BY ALL ACCOUNTS I’M IN THE NEGATIVE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE I BRACE MYSELF FOR IMPACT PREPARE TO FACE THE IMPENDING FALL A MEANS TO AN END FOR ALL THAT I LACK ANOTHER DAY WITH MY BACK TO THE WALL I BRING IT ALL ON MYSELF, I AM THE CATALYST OF MY OWN DEMISE ALONE WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING GROWING OLD WITHOUT GROWING WISE… AND THE SADDEST PART OF IT ALL IS THAT IT IS ALL SELF-INFLICTED…

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