You're cancer free and sun drenched in your heart The fleets and the parts in your command They're sent back And then they were long years and soft rains We tried to abstain, Our letters remained unuttered And you overslept Names are still cancelled And names are avenged This is the fact That grabs and flies and explodes in your way It's not a maze It drops and coughs and implodes in your face The black veil of fail, the black veil of fail And then you said: "don't forget the success of everyone else, Always includes failed attempts" This is the fact That grabs and flies and explodes in your way It's not a maze It drops and coughs and implodes in your face The black veil of fail, the black veil of fail. But why can't i figure it out for myself? All of my efforts lead up to defect And the success of others just makes me kneel Unable to act straight or even think clear All heavy sleeps with sweaty pillows in heat A life of failures condensed in a dream