Breathing increases and vessels dilate upon inappropriate manifestation Instincts hindered by circuitry pressured to curve blood from circulation The amalgamation unfamiliar faces disturbs the senses Muscles paralyze to render terror immune to my defenses Essential faculties are knotted with unresolved conflict And reason eclipsed by properties no one can predict My demons are not breviloquent or easy to persuade Unconscious reflection a presage to torment I can't evade How can one sever the link between body and mind? Is the underlying mechanism just a warning by design? There is no escape... My fear comes alive I'm sinking deeper into the black I can't run, I can't hide My mind is drifting into the dark I've lost all sense of chronology... The pounding of the heart is hashed by the night I recall yesterday as my tomorrow is torn apart The thought of repetition becomes woven Becomes woven As notions of reality emerge distorted Am I even alive? I've see the throne I've sought to drink from the river I've been disowned No longer bleeds by the giver I've reached for the depths to plead with the morningstar But I have already ventured that far There is no escape... My fear comes alive I'm sinking deeper into the black I can't run, I can't hide My mind is drifting into the dark In my despair I entertain perfect contrition To encourage change in a realm absent intuition