Within the Distraction

Impaled on picket fences
 The choice to follow your dreams
 Was only ever a dream
 You were born nothing
 That's what you'll die with
 To see hopes light
 I would give anything
 We are chasing our tails
 Within distractions beyond our control
 Because there must be something more
 Who are you to say that's it's not worth it
 Sliver of all you've been promised
 I know why you can't let go of all this
 The obsession is all you've ever known
 To just let go
 I've seen what that can do to a man
 When mediocrity is unacceptable
 To strive for something, anything
 Keeps me sane
 All the problems non existent
 Just to persist is a vision all it's own
 So who are you to say that's it's not worth it
 Sliver of all you've been promised
 I know why you can't let go of all this
 The obsession is all you've ever known
 As I walk through the valley in the shadow of you
 I know doubt and despair in my
 ...desperation won't get me through
 Regret is a part of me
 You're living proof
 You've had my loyalty
 You'll always be my sanctuary
 This liberation is all you've inspired
 All I will ever need to find
 I can never let go
 Who are you to say that's it's not worth it
 Sliver of all you've been promised
 I know why you can't let go of all this
 The obsession is all you've ever known