you wake up one day,
you open your lids to deception,
you rise to a harsh reality,
you lower your tired body back to rest,
you slumber in manipulation,
and you get shaken by the realization that no -
no, it doesn't have to be like that.
you proceed to self-loathing,
a familiar technique,
and you wallow in depression, humiliation, and desperation,
you question and analyze flaws,
you consider and concoct explanation,
you blame yourself,
you demean yourself,
you let them run wild with the control device,
you let them pull that control trigger,
and you get shaken by the realization that no -
no, it doesnt have to be like that.
you think how stupid,
im a disgrace,
to let this happen to me,
to allow myself to turn weak,
to be preyed upon,
to allow the carnivorous savage to feed its empty belly
and you are shaken by the realization that no -
no, it doesnt have to be like that.
you have corrected the error,
you have emitted the pest from inducing a brain tick,
you have freed your mind from failure,
you have negated the negativity,
the asperity has been smoothed,
and you get shaken by the realization that no -
no, i wont let it be like that.