Oh how we have tried to live
and given of ourselves
all that we had to give
yet the world tends to proclive
callousness one could not forgive
and why? alas we shall never know
so into the shadows we go
Look carefully under that lamp
an ugly truth hides in plain sight
born of, and yet untouched by light
a spot akin to souls of men
endless, and yet devoid of ken
and why? alas we shall never know
so into the shadows we go
T’is to the shadows that we belong
where sweet is the siren song
of oblivion dark and deep
and undisturbed, eternal sleep
but beware, the world will call your bluff
and should you choose to cast off your slough
the living shall forget you soon enough
and why? alas we shall never know
for into the shadows we go