Tyrant

Can we make amends? Do we just pretend
That we're over all the violence?
Are we done with this? Put it all to rest,
Turn the screams now into silence.
Will you be a man? Can you make a stand?
Will you own up or deny it all?
All the time we lost, was it worth the cost
Of breaking a family in two?
Destroyed all we knew.

A tyrant so defiant,
Lonely as your heart is sinking,
Consequences, no defenses.
If only you had been thinking,
Compliant for a moment,
Why did both of us have to believe that we were right?
Tyrant!

Can I clear my mind? Leave it all behind,
Start to pick up all the pieces?
Can I hide the scars just like prison bars
That have always seemed to confine me?
Will we save it all even from the fall?
Is there time left for revival?
Can I be convinced that some hope exists
With these wounds cut so deep in my soul?
Can we become whole?

A tyrant so defiant,
Lonely as your heart is sinking,
Consequences, no defenses.
If only you had been thinking,
Compliant for a moment,
Why did both of us have to believe that we were right?
Tyrant!

There's so many things that I wanted to say,
But the love turned to hate, we kept pushing away,
And the words that came out turned it into a mess,
And it's like pulling teeth ‘cause you'll never confess.
Now the damage is done,
The hurt and the pain when nobody has won,
Have we forgot it's your blood inside of my veins
That feeds my heart?

A tyrant so defiant,
Lonely as your heart is sinking,
Consequences, no defenses.
If only you had been thinking,
Compliant for a moment,
Why did both of us have to believe that we were right?
Tyrant!