[Intro]
Oh child, deceive me
Enter the same, the same as I

[Verse 1]
Moments pass, desperate contortions unfold
Seeking placid sanity, a moment of calm
Cancerous anxiety and thieving doubt-rain
Sheltering indifference to dignify rage

[Chorus]
Begging for a line drawn in the sand
To separate the prophets from the men
Bittersweet the wicked
So the guise of harmony can breathe again delighted
Hear me, son, the river's dry again
Foretell the fate and lead us to the edge
Let the prideful sinners bear the gold and buy acceptance

[Verse 2]
Breathe again
To waste away inside here
The years in turn
Your haunting words have never left my ears
My mind, oh, reckoning
Pride is the mirror through which we must break
[Chorus]
Wretched, disfigured, confused, and distracted
Here down in this cellar, it's cold, dark, and manic
Clinging indifferent, privilege demands
You excuse your excuses, excuse your excuses
And blame, blame, you blame

[Chorus]
Fearful deceiver, dim motives erratic
This dream too ambitious, this vision too drastic
Choke down rhetorical scraps from the attic
Forever to stand there and still just refuse to change
Just change

[Outro]
Set the nightmare alight and
Dance 'til these flames illuminate
The cause for the lie
Redemption is not beyond our time