1. TORCHBEARER

Open your eyes
And meet the creation of your self-pity
The one left to rebuild
From every second you've thrown away
The one left to carry your torch
When the path ahead lay in shadows
The one who will suffer
When the weight of valiance is suffocating

And while I may find the strength to carry on
I cannot carry this burden much farther

But somehow determination prevails
Either driven by aspiration
Or a devotion to idle love
Neither of which bare the certainty
That my persistence was not forlorn
Only the lingering truth
That even the selfless will be betrayed

This is what I have to give you
What's left is lost
For you will light my pyre
Now make me a fucking martyr