in this quiet room

A thousand things to say
but no one listening
a thousand things to do
but you can't fight this sickness
in your bones
You've become weak
but your fire is a constant
When you speak
it seeps out to ignite the world
Full of blasphemy,
filled with rage
you penetrate
you gather your stones
Naked energy is a lie--
you have to know what you're fighting
one man cannot stand
against this dying world
Shouting inside,
eyes like embers
you lay in wait for the kill
Someday the music will stop
someday we'll all fall down
but who can help me
put out this consuming flame?
I abandoned your rhetoric
I took my own path
loneliness taught me things
that you will never know
Lurking in your shuttered head
the shadows that you
never think about
are the most dangerous ones of all
They are the betrayal
that you never see coming
they are the ones who never speak
and they know every word
you've ever said
Those shadows
are the hardest ones to kill
they are the last denial
they hide what you refuse to know
Sitting here in this quiet room
you can feel them move
you can hear them breathe
your silence is penetrated
by a thousand wayward voices
finally being heard.