The Liars Den

It's always darkest before the dawn,
But have you sat in the darkness when the lights not on?
Shadows play and demons thrive,
Oh please dear God, I'm losing time.
I can't take one more fucking night
of convincing myself that I'm alright.
I need release, a sweet escape
My demon is breathing down my nape.
I crave the light and what's outside
But can't get words outside my mind
That aren't a lie, a stretch of truth
I have no time, I'm losing youth.

Trapped inside the Liars Den
Lost my way, I see no end
I trace my steps but fall deeper in
There's no escaping my biggest sin
My greatest sin

Every minute each passing day
I lose the chance to fix my ways
It scares me how I can't control it,
Say a lie and yes I know it,
But with it came a laugh or smile
Makes my pride grow by a mile.
But it's false praise, It's not for me,
It's for the demon above my strings
It plays my chords like a guitar
Every lie is black as tar
It sticks inside my brain to haunt me
Refusing to go, it never leaves me.

Lost inside the Liars Den
Every turn is a new dead end
I can't believe this maze within
Can be completed without my sin
Without my sin

My head is heavy from constant stuggle
Yeah theres thruth, but lies are double
It scares me how the truth can seem
Like such a distant, forgotten dream
Half remembered, some on purpose
Half is lost but I can't stop searching
I guess because deep down I want
To change my ways, my verbal font
But until that day, I will be singing
The demons music of make believing.

Deep inside the Liars Den
I feel the light, I can see the end
My journey's been hard but I can now ascend
Without the burden of my biggest sin
My greatest sin

-Justin Barksdale Copyright © 2013