I was a fragile youth
clawing my way towards truth.
Soaking in mystery,
I questioned everything.
I said, "There has to be
a meaning for misery,
a reason the days are long,
a reason these nights feel wrong."
Can I keep you?
Can I hide you away?
Will you leave me?
Will you ever change?
I sit in a big steel house,
its windows a gaping mouth;
a fortress atop the trees,
a keeper of all I see.
This life holds no mystery
or meaning. We build and breach
these castles that cannot keep
us safe from ourselves.
Can I flee you?
Can I keep you away?
Will you leave me?
Will you let me change?
Can I fight you,
cynical man I've made?
Will you leave me?
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