[Verse 1]
I’m living in a world of illusion
Where nothing is what it seems
I’m trying to find the truth behind the lies
But I’m lost in a web of dreams

[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t know who I am or where I belong
I don’t know what is real or what is wrong
I don’t know how to escape this prison of my mind
I don’t know if I can ever leave it all behind

[Chorus]
I need to wake up from this nightmare
I need to break free from this spell
I need to face the reality that awaits me
I need to find myself and be well

[Verse 2]
I’m haunted by the shadows of my past
They follow me wherever I go
I’m trying to heal the wounds that never close
But I’m trapped in a cycle of woe

[Pre-Chorus]

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
There must be a way to end this madness
There must be a light to guide me through
There must be a reason for this sadness
There must be a hope to hold on to

[Solo]

[Chorus]

[Outro]
I will wake up from this nightmare
I will break free from this spell
I will face the reality that awaits me
I will find myself and be well

© Elegies

[Verse 1]
I’m living in a world of illusion
Where nothing is what it seems
I’m trying to find the truth behind the lies
But I’m lost in a web of dreams

[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t know who I am or where I belong
I don’t know what is real or what is wrong
I don’t know how to escape this prison of my mind
I don’t know if I can ever leave it all behind

[Chorus]
I need to wake up from this nightmare
I need to break free from this spell
I need to face the reality that awaits me
I need to find myself and be well

[Verse 2]
I’m haunted by the shadows of my past
They follow me wherever I go
I’m trying to heal the wounds that never close
But I’m trapped in a cycle of woe

[Pre-Chorus]

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
There must be a way to end this madness
There must be a light to guide me through
There must be a reason for this sadness
There must be a hope to hold on to

[Solo]

[Chorus]

[Outro]
I will wake up from this nightmare
I will break free from this spell
I will face the reality that awaits me
I will find myself and be well

(C)Elegies

Sunrises are like a gentle touch, Painting the lake with a brush. Colors of orange, yellow and red, The sun rises and the lake is fed. The lake reflects a beautiful sight, The lake is still and the birds take flight. The sun is a blaze in the sky, The lake is a mirror so bright. The trees stand tall with serenity, The water laps up against the shore. The mist rising up in the morning, There’s nothing like sunrise at the lake. The lake is so still and peaceful, It’s a sight that’s hard to forget. The beauty of the lake in the morning light, It’s a sight that cannot be matched.

Batteries run low and life flickers to fade
Where are all the good times
When the reckoning’s begun.

Blame the news on TV
The messages reaching out to touch
But blame must lie, by the side.

Talking on needs or wants
Beyond the pale who decides
Taking and never giving greed the deceiver.

More, ever more or even less
Plugging the gap where conscience tore
The life from self-respect.

There are no answers 12 strong and true
But just an election in which to partake
Voting for deception to spend another lifetime.

When the curtain falls what’s to see
Out in the darkness beyond the lights
There was and always is a void.

Buying memories designed to fulfil
Playing with answers to problems forgotten
Shouting from the rooftops – all is saved.

Never brooking the decision, that makes
The difference to lives very clear
Rejection no protection so no justification.

Carry on much as before
Paying out for sentimentality
For hatred jealousy and mistrust.

Pawn the beliefs for payment tomorrow
Forget who requested the tune
But piper calls to claim what’s due.

Now its too late, getting drawn ever in
But sleep the rejuvenator forget the disease.

(C)GRUM

‘What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.’

Gabriel García Márquez

‘It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.’

Gabriel García Márquez

‘The heart’s memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good.’

Gabriel García Márquez

Cowered by the indifferent glance
The snide remarks
Of a one-sided power struggle
Some hopeful thoughts remain.

Blackened air befalls the wisdom
Caught in two places of redemption
Likened to the suspect
Questioned to despair.

Shoulders hunched against a cold
Tied up tight without a hold
Moments of madness become
More like reality.

Defending the soul is battle
Without end, without role
World becomes a distant place
Rejecting the whole.

This is no place for rancour
Outspoken past the line
Enforcing drive to bend
A resolve without end.

Reaching for salvation
Beyond the backlit cowerer
Half an intention to leap
Like a complete moment in time.

All for games, will to power
Depress any button
To close the chapter tighter
Than the final level worn.

Only later, in shiver motion
Is candle’s end revealed to be
Desolation unburdened by fear
Falling far away.

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A broken heart remains
Lost as lonely as it’s alone
Reparation is separation
From the feelings within.

Shake a head eject
The images of old
Through the mist becomes
A vision of hope with open arms.

Smiling face belies the frown
The sadness seeping from the wound
Torn by the tears so sharp.

Lastly comes the open tenderness
Provided with the ease of ancients
Presented in salacious light
It becomes as cheap as before.

In gentleness the emotions grow
To a point where repetition
Eats into the soul and cries
This is enough, far too much.

The shout becomes a scream for fear
The tear becomes a laughter scar
And we are as one at last
Only to be alone – with ourselves.