Apogee - Hit the Switch

A late martyr to us all

The ever growing presence

Cradled in her womb through all these years

While beaten by the sun

And through her silenced cries

They failed to make things right

Among the million times we tried

But to no avail

The might of all is burned

I felt the reeling of our hearts intrepid sight

We can’t see the world’s suffering and vulnerable inside

It’s not her need to come undone

It’s just the markings of our selfish impulsions

The coming sun

I felt the anger come over me

I hated everyone else

I victimized the pain

I saw the worst in each stranger’s faceless name

It’s not the way that this had to be

We all bought meaning from our lives

Entire values were all prescribed

And all minds commodified

I felt the burning of her grip

And it laced right though my heart

I felt alone but I still kept it moving on

And once I couldn’t feel the pain

I released it to the world

A feeling touched by all the same

I couldn’t see I felt the collective betrayed

This futile few that kept the night

Traveled a thousand years to learn to break the soul

Is it appealing to you now

This all stops when you change

All of this pain we can’t realize

It’s someone else’s home

She witnessed the killing of loved ones

They died in vein

And though I couldn’t speak for her

I felt the overwhelming loss

And everything becomes as one

I see myself

I see wife

I see my son

This isn’t new to Mother Earth

She has allowed the seventh sun to be the final one

Last embrace before it’s gone

There’s no more home

I share a common guilt here too

Just call my name