I'm Not Done Yet

Might have perished a hundred times

Lived enough for a thousand lives

Built this house with the bricks of my biggest regret, now I

Color over the heavier lines

Those conventional rules don't apply

Tell the part of the story you've always denied, or maybe

Tried so hard to forget

Look at me

I'm hardly the enemy

No one appears to be

Taking the bait

Endlessly

Seeking respect and peace

Spare me some empathy

I'm not done yet!

Wrote a letter I never sent

Burned it up in my discontent

Spent my younger days wishing we never had met, so you

Ask me all of the hard questions first

Try to quench this unbearable thirst

Set the timer and wait for the moment to self-destruct

Do you feel fucked once again?

After all of the shit I've seen

Grab a gallon of kerosene

Wait to light it until I can kill the alarm, and so

I've decided there's more to say

We don't get to wish this one away

All these hours to spend in pursuit of a destiny

They're killing me, still I'm here

Look at me

I'm hardly the enemy

No one appears to be

Taking the bait

Endlessly

Seeking respect and peace

Spare me some empathy

I'm not done yet!