Failed Revolutionaries
Sitting on a corner,
Between the middle of nowhere
And the end of the line.
Slump and watch your tears mix with the rain
Undistinguishable
The feathery patters all the same to your cheeks.
Your once proud fist
Hangs loose at your side
That insolent middle finger
Forever curled inwards.
When did we stop the fight?
When did we call a truce?
Who burned down our righteous martyr?
Who loaded the gun?
Who pulled the trigger?
Children of the revolution is what we sought to become
Instead, we are the spawn of man.
Doomed to fail
Doomed to suffer
Doomed to a lifetime of flaws.
Fix the system, we said
Make a change
Make a statement.
Oh, the simplicity
Of our youthful, shiny minds
Glittering with thoughts of hope.
Lost
Gone forever
We grew
We changed
We put on our pinstriped business suit
Shackled the briefcase to our wrist.
We doomed ourselves to obscurity…
Life ends as it begins-
In the dark
All alone.
No one to hold
No one to love.
Between the middle of nowhere
And the end of the line.
Slump and watch your tears mix with the rain
Undistinguishable
The feathery patters all the same to your cheeks.
Your once proud fist
Hangs loose at your side
That insolent middle finger
Forever curled inwards.
When did we stop the fight?
When did we call a truce?
Who burned down our righteous martyr?
Who loaded the gun?
Who pulled the trigger?
Children of the revolution is what we sought to become
Instead, we are the spawn of man.
Doomed to fail
Doomed to suffer
Doomed to a lifetime of flaws.
Fix the system, we said
Make a change
Make a statement.
Oh, the simplicity
Of our youthful, shiny minds
Glittering with thoughts of hope.
Lost
Gone forever
We grew
We changed
We put on our pinstriped business suit
Shackled the briefcase to our wrist.
We doomed ourselves to obscurity…
Life ends as it begins-
In the dark
All alone.
No one to hold
No one to love.