its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
A condemning
Fear strikes down
Things they cannot understand
An excuse to cover
Up weaknesses that lie within
Lies
Laying your
Guilt and pain
On people that had no part
In the molding of a life
That creates it's destruction
Lies
Right before your very eyes
A reflection of the mistakes
To the end you will deny
Your part in the demise of a life
Lack
Of
Comprehension
Thriving
On your
Cliche
Compelled
By self
Resentment
Reaching into the minds
Of those that created the
Depression in which they
In which they drowned their flesh and blood
Lies
So easy to blame the
Everlasting fear on a
Pathetic attempt
To justify the ending of a life
Lies
Right before your very eyes
A reflection of the mistakes
To the end you will deny
Your help in the ending of a life
Lack
Of
Comprehension
Thriving
On your
Cliche
Compelled
By self
Resentment
Fear strikes down
Things they cannot understand
An excuse to cover
Up weaknesses that lie within
Lies
Laying your
Guilt and pain
On people that had no part
In the molding of a life
That creates it's destruction
Lies
Right before your very eyes
A reflection of the mistakes
To the end you will deny
Your part in the demise of a life
Lack
Of
Comprehension
Thriving
On your
Cliche
Compelled
By self
Resentment
Reaching into the minds
Of those that created the
Depression in which they
In which they drowned their flesh and blood
Lies
So easy to blame the
Everlasting fear on a
Pathetic attempt
To justify the ending of a life
Lies
Right before your very eyes
A reflection of the mistakes
To the end you will deny
Your help in the ending of a life
Lack
Of
Comprehension
Thriving
On your
Cliche
Compelled
By self
Resentment
Lyrics submitted by MDMaster
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