Look around, the fever’s growing,
Right before our eyes, we see,
The chaos looming tends to linger
Suffocating all who’d be free.
Cowering, behind the curtain
As the battered truth, she flees,
Leaving us to bare witness to
The degeneration of the species!

What happened to the world we knew
The one that fought when it truly mattered?
It seems as though, we let it go,
We watched it fall, surprised it shattered!
What happened to the noble causes
That stirred the people up into action?
Mere pawns now in these political games
That only serve as a distraction!
What happened to the world we knew
Built on the strength of our convictions?
Somehow it was lost along this path,
Of ignorance and contradictions!

Look around, the fever’s growing,
Right before our eyes, we see,
The chaos looming tends to linger
Suffocating all who’d be free.
Cowering, behind the curtain
As the battered truth, she flees,
Leaving us to bare witness to
The degeneration of the species!

What happened to the love we knew
That once seemed it would save us all?
It seems as though, we did not know,
That it would not be able to sustain this fall!
What happened to our humanity,
This generous trait that set us apart?
How did it easily turn to apathy,
Whose wicked chill, would still our heart?
What happened to the love we knew
That once crafted each of our desires?
Somehow it was lost within the flames
Of our anger and aggression’s pyres!

Look around, the fever’s growing,
Right before our eyes, we see,
The chaos looming tends to linger
Suffocating all who’d be free.
Cowering, behind the curtain
As the battered truth, she flees,
Leaving us to bare witness to
The degeneration of the species!

What happened to the world we knew
The one it seemed we were improving?
It seems our direction suddenly changed,
And yet, it seems, we just kept moving!
What happened to our understanding
Which we used to try and always extend?
When did the tides all turn against us,
How is it, that we allowed this end?
How’d these chapters come to define us,
After all the good that had been penned?
It’s clear we weren’t meant to end up here,
We lost ourselves…what happened?

The demon’s laugh
It drifts and swells
Taunting me
For I’m in hell.
Stranded there
For the breaking
In this doom
Of my own making.

Mirror, mirror,
Of this fall
Casting reflections
I can’t stall.
Bitter days
And lonely nights,
A pawn long lost
In this plight.
A fractured heart,
A true disservice,
To any but me
For I deserve this,
The painful wake
Washing me under
And I breath deep
Now torn asunder!

Mirror, mirror
Of this fall
Baring my tears
Baring it all.
Through the facade,
The fraud’s disguise,
I see the truth
I cannot deny.
The light of hope
Shining before me
Whose far reach
It was that tore me,
Scarred the pawn
And caused the breach,
Moving hope further
From my reach!

This fire’s wrath
I know too well
Paving this path
That leads to hell.
Searing choices
All overtaking
In these flames
Of my own making.

Mirror, mirror
Of this fall,
Am I these scars,
And that is all?
Am I more
Than all this pain?
A fading song’s
Last refrain?
For all I see
In this reflection
Leads me in
This dark direction
Fearing this fight
Cannot be won,
Fearing the sight
I have become!

The demon’s laugh
It drifts and swells
Taunting me
For I’m in hell.
Stranded there
For the breaking
In this doom
Of my own making.

Mirror, mirror
Of this fall,
Is this the fairest
Fate of all?
Or merely mine?
A heart that wilts,
By this design
That I have built!