Echoes of a Dream

There was something inside of him

About to fall apart

Drifted closer to the edge

Couldn't still his bleeding heart

All doors had closed on him

The riddles would not solve

Weakened, he just shut his eyes

Let the darker side evolve and prevail

Quickly and quietly he faded

As he lost the strength to carry on

It never seemed worth all pain

He had fought in vain

Inside the darkness he would stay

The moment his soul turned cold and jaded

And his will to live had died and gone

The only way out came clear, had to disappear

And lose the dead weight on the ground

The echoes of a dream

Was all that he would be

His puzzled mind could never find

A good reason for his time

He realized too late

We assemble our own fate

It's sad to say, so much easier

To erase than to rewind

A note that he left behind, it said

"Nothing here is true

This world was never meant for me

But I'm sure I'll find mine too..."

The absence within his mind

Was present all the time

The burden from a grain of sand

Was too heavy to withstand

The moment his soul turned cold and jaded

And his will to live had died and gone

The only way out came clear, had to disappear

And lose the dead weight on the ground

The echoes of a dream

Was all that he would be

His puzzled mind could never find

A good reason for his time

He realized too late

We assemble our own fate

It's sad to say, so much easier

To erase than to rewind

Living came to a state

Of merely staying alive

The house of cards caved in

A better deal next time