SHATTERED

IF A HEART AND SOUL WAS MADE OF GLASS,

LOVE WOULD SHATTER AND NEVER LAST.

MEND IT , DEFEND IT, AND LOCK IT AWAY,

BECAUSE SOMEONE CRUEL CAN TAKE IT AWAY.

IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO WE ARE,

NOTHING IS WORTH THE PERMANENT SCAR.

NOONE SEES YOU, EVEN WHEN THEY SAY THEY DO,

THE WORDS ARE LIES AND NOTHING IS TRUE.

SEEING , BELIEVING AND DARING TO HOPE,

STRANGLES YOUR LIFE TILL YOUR UNABLE TO COPE.

WHAT YOU SEE IN THE MIRROR, IS SOMETIMES A LIE,

TURN AWAY QUICKLY, BEFORE THEY SEE YOU CRY.

DARK EYES CARRY STORIES, BITTER AND COLD,

AND RIGHT BEFORE YOU, YOU START TO GET OLD.

WHAT WAS THAT SECRET WE ALL USED TO KNOW,

A SECRET TO LIFE, THAT WE ALL LOVED SO.

EAGER AND YOUNG, WE PLAYED IN OUR HEADS,

NEVER TO THINK, OUR HEARTS COULD BE DEAD.

TO SEE THE WORLD, SO BRIGHT IN IT'S WAY,

ONLY TO FIND, IT ALSO BETRAYS.

WHEN I AM GONE, WILL MY CHILDREN REALLY KNOW,

WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. AND I LOVED THEM SO.

WILL THEY LIVE THROUGH ALL MY MISTAKES,

TAKE THE BLOWS THAT MY HEART TAKES.

WILL THEY STAND BACK UP AND FACE THE SOUND,

WILL THEY CHERISH A LOVE I NEVER FOUND.

I SIT HERE ALONE, ALMOST EVERY NIGHT,

IF PEOPLE REALLY KNEW ME, THEY'D SEE MY PLIGHT.

OVERWHELMED AND BROKEN, LIFE IS SO FAST,

THAT EACH COMING MORNING, I PRAY I CAN LAST.

HEARTBREAK AND HEARTACHE, TORMENTS THIS SOUL,

LOST TO THE DEMONS THAT NOBODY KNOWS.

IT IS MY FATE, TO LIVE WITH THESE FEARS,

TO WAKE TO THE DARKNESS, DRENCHED IN TEARS.

TO BROKEN TO SEE, WHAT REALLY LIES AHEAD,

A FORTUNE IN WORDS THAT NEVER GOT SAID.

I AM THE LOSER THAT ALWAYS GOT MAIMED,

I AM THE PLAYER, THAT ALWAYS GOT PLAYED.

SADNESS AND MOURNING FOR SUCH A CRUEL PAST,

I STARE AT THE GRAVES OF THOSE THAT DIDN'T LAST.

THEY SAT WHERE I SIT, THEY SAW WHAT I'VE SEEN,

THEY BEGGED FOR A LIFE, THEIR CHANCE TO GLEAM.

BUT LIFE DID BETRAY THEM AND LEFT THEM FOR DEAD,

BUT NOW THEY ARE MEMORIES, LOST IN MY HEAD.

STRANGLED AND SUFFOCATED BY LIFE'S CRUEL FIST,

WHO WHERE THESE SOULS, YES THEY ARE MISSED.

I FEEL THEIR PAIN ECHO THREW AND I'M FORCED TO SEE,

THAT IN ALL OF THOSE FACES, I ONLY SEE ME.

LIFE DRAINING QUICKLY AS IF FROM A GLASS,

POURING OUT HEARTBEATS THAT JUST COULDN'T LAST.

WHY AM I DIFFERENT, SO EASILY TOSSED AWAY,

MAYBE I AM MEANT TO END UP THIS WAY.

ALL THESE EMOTIONS, SCREAMING INSIDE,

BEGGING FOR ABSOLUTION, WHILE PART OF ME DIES.

SMILE NICE AND PRETTY, LET THE WHOLE WORLD KNOW,

YOUR JUST A SHELL THAT LIVES WITH NO SOUL.

SO WHO WON THE BATTLE, WHO DIDN'T PLAY,

WHO LOST TO THE SHADOWS, IN THIS LIFE THEY PAID.