Take It As You Will

There was a man named Roger May
He don’t want too much
The people say he wants your skin
Treated him as such
He’s got no money to his name
He believed in fate
He saved a child from a burning house
They locked him up in state

You give them more They take
Don’t wait for recognition They don’t care

One day he had a revelation This isn’t anyway to live
Now he’s walking down the city streets Shotgun at his feet
Nobody cared to thank him then Now they run in fear
Forgotten all the good he’s done The truth is hard to kill

You give them more They take
Don’t wait for recognition They don’t care

“You haven’t taken all there is!”
He walks behind an older woman
He puts the gun against her head But he doesn’t shoot her yet

You play These games With yourself
Nobody around you
Ignorance Of the truth

The ones that create The life you take for granted
You kick them to the curb Have them begging you for money As you’re using all their goods

He sees a loathsome dog Within the street As he’s reminded of himself
He drops the gun As he runs into the road
Still no one cares To mark their tomb

Always know That somebody can hurt you
Too much thought Isn’t always a good thing
Squeeze him right Now he’s whimpering softly
You’re just a child
They can’t help feeling gauntly

Your nails Digging in Breaking skin
Why don’t you move inside his head?
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Why don’t you let him know?

So Go Your way And fly While you’re still standing
You can break Control And be Free

Oh Diane Won’t you tell me a story?
Mother’s gone And she won’t be returning
Scared of dark Now you’re taking him with you
When will you Finally smother your plaything?

Your nails Digging in Breaking skin
Why don’t you move inside his head?
Disguise Big surprise
Love this role
Why don’t you let him know?

So Go Your way And fly While you’re still standing
You can break Control And be Free

Well I thought I would finally have retribution But In the end What I found was the victim will tame the abuser
As they descend Into pulling the rope on each-other’s nooses
They won’t comprehend
There’s denial but nothing will cause satisfaction Like a mutual end

Your nails Digging in Breaking skin
Why don’t you move inside his head?
Disguise Big surprise
Love this role
Why don’t you let him know?

So Go Your way And fly While you’re still standing
You can break Control And be Free

Oh well I guess there ain’t No place To settle down While they’re Prancing All around

Like an opera Where they’ve Turned off all the sound For an act that’s more profound

Can't you find yourselves another corner stall?

Sticky lips While I’m professing To the floor
And he’s getting Her the door

Quite effectively Her hips the other way
With a smile that Wants to play

Can't you find yourselves another corner stall?

I don’t want to sell my soul
The simple methods Work too slow
Choosing leaves you All alone
So now Tell a brother What you know
For the days Such as these To go Home Now
Stupid notions Empty skulls

Can't you find yourselves another corner stall?

I don’t know anybody
Personal experiences matter
I don’t own anybody
Overwhelming rivers known to swallow
I can’t stand ordinary
Don’t expect understanding
Find a goal not a sorrow
Acting like a fool to not expire

I don’t mind I just wanna find Some time to be myself For real

There’s a man on the highway Laying there, but he ain’t suicidal
They’re enraged; he ain’t trying Looking at the sky, no motivation
Faces strained, overbearing
Seems to feel like he’s living
Every day has a meaning It just matters if you wanna find it

I don’t mind I just wanna find Some time to be myself For real

Won’t you find me someone who is free?
Someone with a sense of decency
The herd has now decreed what must be done
Soon there won’t be no one free alone

They scurry around And corner him
Nowhere to run
The look in their eyes Of wolves at the end of A gun

They drag by his shirt And flailing hands And feet
The sense of a mass Corrupt with Certainty

With blood on the walls They crush his skull And feast
Consuming him whole To indulge in what feels Real

I’ve been Awaiting for my friend
I know She’ll show up here Again

So what Gives you The motivation now?
Soulless hate To trample on the sinless flower on the ground
It can’t be helped
The world keeps turning So must I

I know I haven’t got the crowd
I’ve been Addicted and profound

So what Gives you The motivation now?
Soulless hate To trample on the sinless flower on the ground
It can’t be helped
The world keeps turning So must I

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Sometimes nobody gets you

So what Gives you The motivation now?
Soulless hate To trample on the sinless flower on the ground
It can’t be helped
The world keeps turning So must I

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Sometimes nobody gets you

I’m scared of knowing you
I need to see your eyes
Cannot let you go

We die a little on the inside But it’s fine
Cannot live without it

Half of the time I don’t know if I’m alive
You fill my days

I live through saving you Though you make me survive
There’s always failure Here

We lay here in the snow Lost as to where There is to go To exist In this moment For a second more

Now foreign autumns Your eyes no longer blue
Fragile yet so true

Remember days that The leaves Were green and new?
Burn just as we do

Don’t mind a little pain
It’s never all in vain
It keeps from drowning Here

We lay here in the snow Lost as to where There is to go To exist In this moment For a second more

I can’t stand here any longer
Can’t afford to lie again
I don’t mean to be a bother
Killing myself to live for you
Lay your piece Inside the coffin
You remain inside my soul
Crushing waters Bury me here

People congregate to pain

What you wanted from this life Mostly rather tragic
I can’t tell you What you want What you’ve probably Heard before
I’ve been down Many different miles
Seen too many rainy days
You’ve got to create Your reasons To go on

So go Find your way

I can’t stand here any longer
Can’t afford to lie again
I don’t mean to be a bother
Killing myself to live for you
Lay your piece Inside the coffin
You remain inside my soul
Crushing waters Bury me here

I cannot let you go But I can’t save you
All of my efforts Gone
There is no breakthrough
There’s no returning home
Why did I choose to know?
I think I’m scared to hear the truth