Should'Ve Been You

Taking the punishment Hatred weighs down on this pure soul Never to see the brilliance of the sun Loses life before given the chance Oblivious to its scale Eyes closed forever Shove down your words No one wants to hear them You're everything you claim to hate You're hated by everything you thought you knew Your reasons won't justify They won't save you It should've been you The length of your arm Measures your love for your child The succession of your existence All they'll remember is how bad this hurt They choked down tears Out of hate and fear No want of provocation Shove down your excuses It won't bring them back to life Burn in your hell before you reach the one waiting for you You are the reason for the unborn child The darkness smothering our youth Sit down, you're pathetic It should've been you Choking on your smoke Waste of an excuse Lack of life, you sit and laugh While it still has its hold on you You gave up before you even tried Your little brother pays your price You sit and soak up the visions dancing 'round your head Shove down your pills Swallow your existence or lack thereof A cowardice piece of driftwood You never dared to live Drown in your bottle He's dropped out, a workaholic Nothing for him, but the hole eating his stomach He lies alone now, in a bed, waiting for his heart to stop It should've been you What are you waiting for? Take your stand and make a point How wise you are in the ways of ignorance Tranquil in your lack of purpose You destroy our lives and gain a kingdom Tear our hopes in two and say it's sacrifice Shove down your words They belong in your stomach Spare us the agonizing nausea And feel it for yourself Fighting a war behind a desk You kill with the stroke of a pen If the death of one of them is of such little value Imagine how worthless yours would be It should've been you