Perpetuate Inside Out lyrics

Dawn when the sirens come to take you away

Red flows a river along the pavement of grey
Doctor says he's sorry there's nothing more he can do
Guilt swells like an unnoticed tumour dwelling in you

A hospital bed never was meant to support long-term stay
Captive and doomed inside your room; nurses smile, you obey
Visiting hours, you clutch my hand like a child and whisper my name
But I won't be the cold compress comfort soothing your shame

This isn't like you

Something more noble than iron courses through your veins
Shining and righteous, always immune
So where is your armour now?

My messiah

Standing so tall, you were always aware
Scream as I might, you would not hear my prayer
Whims of the flesh never tempt the divine
I offered you psalms, you politely declined



How the tables have turned

Now, never to walk in the light again
Mortality ruined the spell you cast
You're never to rise to your promised land
Your disciples have fled, left behind is just the mask

But I see you

(I see you) Healthy and vibrant, so beautiful and naive
(I see you) Helpless and bleeding, you're begging me not to leave
(I see you) Wishing and considering traveling back in time
(I see you) And I just can't make up my mind

Now I'm standing at the crossroads, I don't know which way to go
The voices I once followed have left me alone
Burdened with nostalgia, I'm the only one who knows you
The knife is in my hand now: forgive or expose you?

I see you