Climbed So High
(Charles Smith - 11/14/2008)

Reach upwards towards the light
Separate day from night
Eyes blinded by the sight
Deep down, filled with fright

Keep me inside your cage
Eympathy disengaged
Read from the sacred page
Ignite my deepest rage

I climbed so high
Just to fall back down
I swam so far
Just to sink and drown

Tortured and beaten down
Donning black thorned crown
Head spinning round and round
Wretched cold tyrant sound

Formulate your abuse
Payback for others' dues
So easy to pick and choose
When push comes to shove, I lose

I climb so high
Just to fall back down
I swim so far
Just to sink and drown

Wrap me in tattered skin
Pretend you are my friend
Suck my soul from within
Do it again and again

I saw myself
In a faceless crowd
Punctured with disgrace
Blood on barren ground
I'll swim so far
Just to sink and drown
I'll climb so high
Just to fall all the way down