As I gaze into the mirror I see a man draped in agony As if I'm wearing the mask of a stranger Corrosion of the heart is setting in Bitterness has become my only friend My will to live drains upon my feet This fragile state of mind is too familiar This rotting pain swells within Seeking comfort in shadows In these arms only suffering blooms Voices like the whispers of ghosts Torture me from inside Reaching out to the door for escape The handle turns to ash in my hands This empty room lies before me Forever locked in this venomous mind Caught in an embrace with misery A soulless cold washing over me It feels as if I'm bound to this Fettered at the wrists by restlessness Is this to be my punishment To lead myself astray I am the one who wandered and now I am lost Bury me beneath the sands of time Each breath feels like an eternity Buried by sorrow as the light fades away I've become reclusive, bitter, and empty Trapped by my dark half Caught in an embrace with misery A soulless cold washing over me It feels as if I'm bound to this Fettered at the wrists by restlessness Is this to be my punishment To lead myself astray I am the one who wandered and now I am lost Reaching out to the door for escape The handle turns to ash in my hands This empty room lies before me Forever locked in this venomous mind