Gates - They See Only Shadows

on the boundary of reason you lead a recovery to stay in the lines at the cost of your sanity you’re not meant to be like them you will paint a reflection that you’ll never be and you will die for brilliance veiled in foundations of lies and deceit and you will hide everything about you that’s anything but flawless you cut out the heart of the person you could’ve been you trade in your conscience for somebody else’s skin once altered to taste you’ll see what you’ve feared the image you’ve sought for so many years is far from as perfect as the things you used to see and yet you still paint a reflection that you’ll never be and you would die for brilliance veiled in foundations of lies and deceit and once you hide everything about you that’s anything but flawless and they have shattered an exception and that’s when you’ll see they have won we can only see the beauty buried beneath can’t you see my dear you are all you have left to fear