Living In A World Of Pain lyrics

Since birth I can remember

Being silent, being distant

To avoid a menacing focus

And its unfair consequence

Living in a world of pain

Is this what a childhood earns

That a monster close comes fast

A flash, an instant, a beating

What cannot be seen , lashed yet

The cruel tongue inflicts too

Hell is not far, but heaven is

No rhyme, no reason, boom...

A flare of fury, lashes dealt

Wounds, some healed then

Others weep on unhealed

Hiding from uncertainty

Solutions would be worse

Unknown, denied witnesses

Afraid to get self involved

The tears fell unnoticed

A wooden desk, a cruel tool

To bruises and tears found

Concealed in kids' clothes

Reality is different for each

But crimes are not for living

Death is a welcomed guest

To give relief to the afflicted

Doomed to e'er be made bad

Angel in the neighborhood

Deemed as a devil at home

The same child, same one

A reflection of self weakness

Unable to muster a defense

To meet those cruel eyes

Those cruel words strewn so

What noble cause is there

What court to condemn

A child, a meager child

Of flesh and blood, of pain

Look now, the years recall

See thy hand accursed

Thy words resound chilled

In the empty corridors many

Where goodness is gone

Where a heart beats not

What measure of good then

What noble legacy is left

Now time betrays and takes

And all that might has fallen

The judge is now condemned

The sun came up everyday

Shadows grow long and dark

A mirror now mocks the wicked

Doomed to isolation there

Sad, living in a world of pain

I'll give you something to cry about

N'er a hug, nor an apology it be

Always sorrow and grief owed

A debt left unpaid somehow

Still living in a world of pain