HOLLOW Lyrics

Year one

The first year since rebirth

The first year away from home

We start, from the beginning

Everything is blurry now

But in time, your vision will return

And i been

Dancing around in

Circles

And i been

Dancing around in

Circles

Shadows make a man appear larger than life

I hide behind the same facade as the author that writes

I see through the same facade in the monster i fight

I fell victim to fallacies and father of time

Bouncing throughout several houses, which one is my home

I can't provide for tribes, shit, I'm better off alone

I try to build shelter out of trees i had grown

But the wind slithers through the cracks of our splintered home

Temper my discipline to conquer my temptation

I been broken, chasing a taste of a stronger pain sensation

I became a victim to the rage i built

I sacrificed my smiles in attempts to assuage my guilt

Optimism doesn't obtain opulence

I'm ashamed and it's so obvious

I spent a fortune to protect myself

When i shoulda spent to protect everybody else

I ride to war but not to victory, i been blindfolded

Time scours when I'm with you, i grip and i try to hold it

They offered me hope and i kept none for myself

I put my faith in others, it's better off with someone else

Spent life running from my memories of anguish

Some cursed with despair, but i been cursed by my anxious

Patterns, solitude's an addiction i cant vanquish

Fearful, i fabricate a fortress from a blanket

My compass weighted and desensitized to guilt

The clutches paralyze and sterilize my shield

I believe in fiction, inscribe it in my skin

I believe in loss, i lost my tribe but not my kin

I'd rather fantasize the sea than the let wind guide my sailing

I blame my tools, but in truth I'm the one who's failing

Greed and misguided focus have stunted my growth

Release me of my vices, i anoint in what i wrote

I want to have stories to tell

But I'm scared to live them myself

To live them myself

I want to have stories to tell

But I'm scared to live them myself

To live them myself

And i been

Dancing around in

Circles

And i been

Dancing around in

Circles

Rising like the fire

Tried to stand beside you

Rising like the fire

Tried to stand beside her

Tried to help

But i

I failed

Tried

To help

But i

I failed