Lyrics The Observer - Soliloquium

The Observer

Shake the disease lingering inside
Delayed reaction, the dread of expecting eyes
Withstanding weakness, weighed down in affliction
A grueling task in the best of times
Carried the burden, straining for a befitting answer
As time escaped me and senses grew pale
Lost in trains of thought, epiphanies beyond your distant smile
The noise of the world, I long to join them but dread every sound
To take the steps prescribed, clinging to solid ground
Living like I wasn’t ever here
To wander wayward empty still, to feel no calling strong enough
To watch the best of intensions wither
The end is nigh, my friend
Please let me sleep
The defect’s roaring storm, white noise and repetition
Here I stand as the observer, the empty frame