Cardiac Silence

Slip passed the first way we went about 

  Deciding the exact moment 

  When faith became doubt 

  Killing fields are open again, or so they 

  Tell me and so they kill me 

  Each night a new death to celebrate the blood 

  Violence over silence or so they tell me 

  But I wouldn't have it the same way you buy and sell me 

  Slash and slander marks a name in this game 

  And "it's only letters", she tells me 

  "Only letters that I've thrown away" 

  Heart stop motion, cardiac silence 

  For a handful of notions 

  Tangle the cord itself, tied back to avoid the burn 

  Strangle the hordes yourself 

  No way I'll feel you and never learn 

  Giving up, giving in, slipping up on trying once again 

  Trimmed and tethered all around 

  The last call to appease you all 

  We drink from the same glass 

  A courage unforeseen yet deeply suspended 

  Opportunity to even the score once more extended 

  Take from me as you will, force fed failures moving inward still