This pain wasn't my choice But I still hear Your voice And no matter how I end I think of how we began Am I the only person often afraid to sleep? It's like my bed is a coffin, and I'm alone in my dreams My confidence whispers, my insecurities scream I'm constantly weary, ready to let go and just sink If I smiled more often, would you know that it's me? I talk to God in my depression, "Are You noticing me?" Either teaching me a lesson or holy ghosting me God, without You, I don't know who I'm supposed to be So if I'm useless to You then dispose of mе And if You mute this then You chose to lеave After all, you're omniscient, supposedly And I'm just a misfit with slit wrists supposed to bleed I get cold when Lucifer gets close to me I could smell the grim reaper's potpourri Wake up swinging, thinking he's choking me Like, "Let go of me!" And God is the only one I answer to God, why did You make me? The answer is You To worship You I was never made for me But somehow, at some point, I was made to believe That life wasn't about You, that life was about me And it wasn't, and it's not And I wish I could go back Wish I could walk up to the Devil with my .45 and blow back Wish I could put on my MJ #45 throwback And pretend I could fly like Mike, even though I was so bad But the only thing that flies forever is time, and I didn't know that This pain wasn't my choice But I still hear Your voice And no matter how I end I think of how we began I'm a sinner turned son but rarely a saint Picasso of this poetry with every picture I paint I look back, and it's my past that I hate I've been trashed and disgraced Trapped by mistakes, bashed, and misplaced But they killed Christ at Thirty-three, so I guess I'm just acting my age Religion had me trapped and chained, but I'm attacking this cage So in passing, I'll say You'll never know God until you start backing away Religion is more concerned with Passing the plate than people passing away And that remains facts 'til this day I don't need a person or a priest to teach me to pray But how can I be known by millions but feel so lost? Xanax for panics and Zoloft to doze off How can I be anxious but still know God? It's eighty degrees, but I'm as frozen as Arabelle's Olaf I use these lows to write and mania to go off Hiding these fangs is why I'm hiding my teeth Blue eyes but blue heart hidden beneath Playing these keys brings these thoughts out of me Change the keys and switch the locks when I leave 'Cause I'm saying goodbye to the voices talking to me In the mirror, brokenness is all that I see Not the glass that's shattered but the hurt in me I talk to God, but He doesn't say a word to me I got burned by religion, spiritual third-degree But I learned my lesson like I earned a third degree Back from the dead after demons murdered me first-degree And I fell for the lies perfectly but not purposefully Got tranquilized and put to sleep Satan lies, but so do sheep But my God left the ninety-nine because He was in love with me So keep your traditions, it's grace that I need Goodbye to religion, I've been saved by the King This pain wasn't my choice But I still hear Your voice And no matter how I end I think of how we began