Free

Be for real

The world will try

To eat you up Anyways

Be for real

The girls will try

To take you for what you're worth

Anyways

Be for real

There are barbarians

Inside and outside the gates closing in

Anyways

Be for real

Find the truth

Your feelings will fuck you over

Anyways

Be for real

An agent to direct your will

Or others will move you in theirs

Anyways

Be for real

Not a moth

Drawn to any light

The darkness will teach you

Anyways

Be for real

Not an escape artist

That flees to wishes

That play you for a fool

Anyways

Be for real

Time moves through your blood

Like a cat burglar

You won't see until it's too late

Anyways

Be for real

The love of your life

Is there to lift you up

From off your knees, but not always

Anyways

Be for real

Be that love for another

And they may disappear

Into the earth before you

Anyways

Be for real

And let the winds stoke the fire

Your hands will get burnt

Anyways

Be for real

Live as if you are free

Anyways

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It's easy to see why

The current

Runs in your direction

Why the darkness lifts

Like burnt fog

Why dreams

Hide in your sleep

Why the atom split

To release your energy

As a slave

Caught in words

Why Eve wanted

A new friend

Why escape is so hard

When you don't give in

Why your mind can't

Break from the grasp

Of the future

Why every bad decision

Builds the towers

Of regret

Why forgiveness tears them down

Why the closest we get

To heaven

Is in our lover's arms

Why we think we're gods

And then just stumble

To the slaughterhouse

Of hope

Why we stare at ceilings

As the walls crumble

down unkind

Why you pass by

One last time

There's always the one last time