Crown

[00:32.46] If eyes are the mirror of the soul
[00:37.16] You will find in mine the scorn and apathy
[00:43.01] You will read my hatred as in a cursed book
[00:48.25] You will see yourself as I see you
[00:58.55] It is a mirror sombre and opaque
[01:01.23] Which protects me, which stifles me
[01:03.88] A great ditch around the heart
[01:09.14] Which rejects, which estranges me
[01:23.79] There is a world in my head
[01:29.42] A dead world where nothing lives
[01:39.34] And it is there I am, too far,
[01:47.98] Far too far to be rejoined
[01:59.65] A crown of thorns is still a crown
[02:05.63] I am a king in a kingdom of suffering
[02:11.53] I have taken my time to reach this stage
[02:28.68] I have taken pains to torture myself
[02:33.86] To descend, to descend
[02:40.05] Into pain, I exist
[02:44.77] And if my brain is numbed
[02:50.22] The thorn in my flesh
[02:55.51] Can overcome apathy
[03:00.81] There is glory in humiliation
[03:22.74] A throne to be taken, a crown to win
[03:27.86] I have no more tears,
[03:36.22] And my smile has lost its brilliance
[03:43.92] I have forgotten who I was,
[03:47.63] I have killed my emotions
[03:49.41] Crushed, empty, weary,
[03:54.77] Always standing, I am a tree
[03:58.22] Awaiting the lightning
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