Strained

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Down on your knees you are

To a lonely melody of a guitar

You try to release what's kept inside

The flow of death escaping your life

Not enough power in the stream to kill

But just enough for a teenage thrill

When release isn't a route of your desires

A bottle of poison helps disconnect the wires

The people around you drink and dance

While you can't find your own hands

Sure a bit can't hurt

But a lifetime's supply in a night won't work

And if you're one of high standards

A strong chemical would be your answer

Sure a pay for it is slightly tough

But the end result is more than enough

When will you peoples' minds start to budge

I'm told I don't understand, I shouldn't judge

You take endearment in things that harm the most

But treat your family and friends as if they're ghosts

You isolate yourself from every person in your life

Then blame life the loss of your husband and wife

The loss of your family the loss of your friends

You sit around and pretend you don't know what happened to them

Find help and don't stand alone

Do it now before you lose your home


For you out there who suffer great distress

Spending your lives feeling less and less

living it out to the last hope

Then hurting yourself in order to cope

Look around you, you'll find a smile

Shinier than the sun, longer than the Nile

And you out there judging the man on the street

Shouting in repent, tripping over his own feet

You think it's shameful his heart still beats

But his heart is something you'll never defeat

For that man I wish the days still pass

Where his sadness isn't cured by a rugged glass

The days where he doesn't smell like kerosene

But he reaches a state that was once a dream

Open your heart and keep your dream alive

You're a king, a queen, and the world's a beehive

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