Ever the romantic
Always a fool
Life doesn’t work that way
Love and hopes and dreams
They mean nothing
Outside of my own head
I’ll never get to share the beauty
In a world that’s lost its shine
I keep thinking I might convince you
Might get to show you
What I once saw
But that thought is a fantasy
That leads only to madness
Just as thinking that beauty is still out there
There’s no wonder left
No promise of anything more
All the grand visions of the natural world
We as people have left them behind
I once was convinced I’d found someone
Who could see the hidden sparkle
That we’ve veiled
With our dark and depressing machines
Turns out I was wrong
To think that I could
Just ride in and sweep her away
I wanted a partner
A helping hand in the journey
Someone else who could see
The diamonds in the rough
But the truth is
I’m no white knight on a stallion
And she didn’t want to be rescued
And no amount of hopes and dreams change anything
And this shell of a world we’ve created
Is exactly the place
To chew me up and spit me out
Until I remember
That nothing the fairytales said will come true
So I’m sorry
For trying to spread my vision
I only managed to make us both suffer
Something that might have been beautiful
Turned a twisted, ugly mess
A reflection of the world
And what it’s made of my dreams
It’s all been false hope
And I’ve only prolonged the pain
By holding on
