Textures - Awake lyrics

Man down This hardened shell is broken My fate is bound to what I've done Regrets - I shuffle down the hallway Precious time - It's all gone overboard Here is your calm down pill I'll never be the same - it'll never be the same With eyes open - my body's floating down the river This life - What have I confined you for? It's all inside - it's all in silence When the reaper gets its way A million thoughts are swept away And then you leave it all You leave it all behind And maybe next time we'll meet again And maybe I'll be less of a bitter man When I feel more I refuse to pay the ferryman - I'm so attached to my temple He has to burn it down to get me Ebony demon, shriek all you want - I'm not tagging along The shade, the burning blackness - it is my protector Fear before the fall - I can't grasp it all But at least I'm trying A light, a smoldering cinder Getting colder, ashen And letting all this go I'm not letting go I'm not really done here I won't let go Life's too short to be wrong And maybe next time we'll meet again And maybe I'll be less of a bitter man And if I could do it all over again I'd be the same man all over again When I feel more