Excoriate

No silence will be found here
Only vengeance overwhelming
Honesty as hollow as the foundations of our past
The strain to breathe more than you can bear

The animosity suffocates your lungs
Wading through the bodies seeking refuge
From the rain, can you rise to your feet?
Can you bear the weight of this failure?
I am prepared for what’s to come

This is what I want
This is who I am now
The whole truth proved more constricting
Condemned and force-fed all these years – controlled

Breaking free of this corruption
Reveal your true face
Compassion, another virtue
Of a crippled existence
Lungs collapsing as you cling
To that final breath

The enslavement of my future belief
Compounded by the falsehood
You traded me for fulfilment
Will you trade your death for forgiveness?

No silence will be found here
Only vengeance overwhelming
Honesty as hollow as the foundations of our past
The strain to breathe more than you can bear

The animosity suffocates your lungs
This is where you fall;you kneel
And beg for salvation