City of the Snares - Light This City

Follow me to solace and safety

Over the tar-blackened river and past the gleaming yellow eyes

I hope I’m right this time

I can’t lose any more of you tonight

They’re trusting me to lead them

But they don’t know

I’m just running from my fear

Are they catching on yet

Let’s change our course

I’m putting all that I’ve got into my last resort

Can I count on you to make it work

Peril and risk prowling around every corner

Sudden death rushing at us from behind the clouds

Danger and threat stalking weary stragglers

Keeping us on the very tips of our toenails

The enemy has been on our scent for days

Only miles away from revenge they crave

There has got to be a way

To cover our tracks

Or what happens when we stop running

I can’t be too panicked to protect

Tell me, when we opened your eyes

Did we kill you or save your life

I thought we’d never break away

From the city of the snares

Always fighting to forget

Choking out their memories

I was almost intimidated by their sleek exteriors

But the truth’s they were baited with the best

They claimed they had no choices left

What value does gilded useless armor have

When you finally need to fight

Stop with this show

And repeat the pathetic blind surrender

We may be outnumbered

We’re not oblivious

We are not cowards

Like every one of them

So why am I still plagued

With apprehension

Hopelessness

Guilt and shame

In spite of myself

I wonder regretfully

When we opened your eyes

Did we save your life

How the hell did any of us survive

Peril and risk dominating the night

Sudden death rushing at us from behind the clouds

Danger and threat stalking weary stragglers

Keeping us on the very tips of our toenails

When the casualties outweigh survivors

Is that when I’ll know I’ve been defeated

While the passive deny, we act on acceptance

Did we save you or did we kill you

The dread and turmoil now behind us

An uncertain leader

We’re just fortunate

To have gotten through it all

We’re chasing utopia at the top of the world

I can see it now—home

We’re almost there