The System Brought Me Here Lyrics

In the quiet rooms where silence grew

I thought I knew the way things flew

But the winds would shift the skies would change

I chased the sun but felt so strange

I followed lines straight as a wire

A steady climb without desire

But in the shadow of a doubt

I wondered what it's all about

The questions lingered in the air

Like whispers fading everywhere

Until the mirror showed the truth

A different face a stolen youth

Once upon a time I used to be that guy

So constant in anything never asked why

And then everything was made so clear

Once free the system brought me here

The stars that used to guide my way

Felt distant like they'd lost their sway

I walked the roads they paved with gold

But found no warmth just growing cold

I lived the life they said was right

Kept moving forward lost the fight

And now I'm standing on the edge

Of what I knew of every pledge

I broke the chains I couldn't see

But still the weight fell down on me

What's freedom worth if all I find

Is a world designed to cage my mind?

Once upon a time I used to be that guy

So constant in anything never asked why

And then everything was made so clear

Once free the system brought me here

Now the walls they crumble slow

But where I'll end I just don't know

I'm not the same I'm lost I'm found

In every silence there's a sound

Once upon a time I used to be that guy

So constant in anything never asked why

And then everything was made so clear

Once free the system brought me here

Once free but now I see the bars

Trapped within my own the scars

Once I thought I knew my way

But here I stand another day