The Lie of Black and White (Instrumental)

Lyrics

That all my life on the fence has made this lens so clear to me A 360-degree perspective of serenity Now, every hue can be seen, from blues to greens To all that's in between Agony never really was the chic Now, all the time that I've spent in lamentation messed with me Now, there's no noose to be tied that could pinpoint my complexities (Oh, say you won't miss me) Oh, all the weight can bе braced by that which breaks When tiеd more carefully I'll share what is gone and wear it on my sleeve And yes, as I've said No, I'm not so blind that I might find this light and think it's for me No, I'm not naive I see the shrieks of the damned and the meek That still are yet to be But I'm just a brain, and some blood, and some electricity And if I've got eighty fucking years before the sleep Oh, can you blame me for crying heresies? I can't abide by the line that you've made I'll live in love, you live in hate You can deal in rage You can judge your neighbour and pray And he may not be mine, but at least I can be kind While the world around me spins on a dime, time by time What's the shame in trying to be true to myself in this living hell? Humanity goes both ways And I'm all too well-aware of the lucky cards I'm holding And I'm all too safe from the chains and the scathing scoldings And I see the watering eyes from those still denied, whose hands quake as they're folding An all-silent scream, covert streams; tears yet unseen beneath a poker face You'll be yourself one day And perhaps, in time, these rhymes will seem so absurd and dated (And I know we're not there yet) And perhaps amends will be made for the ones who waited (The beaten and hated) But I can't help crying when I see the cruel crush the kind and leave this world serrated (The meek are frustrated) Can we carve a version averse to those doomed to hurt the fools who dared be them? Or will it be too late then?