Turning a blind eye

Won't make the world disappear

The second sight returns

So, too, does the pain and fear



I'll refuse to acknowledge

I'll refuse to accept

Reality force-feeding me anguish and regret



You... once so close to me

This once-so-sacred place is now a murder scene

Your name? Just a soliloquy, dead to me

Your presence forever will be exposure therapy



There stand strangers where the world used to be

Can't take change or are retinas still not letting me see?



I'll refuse to acknowledge

I'll refuse to accept

Reality force-feeding me anguish and regret



You... once so close to me

This once-so-sacred place is now a murder scene

Your name? Just a soliloquy, dead to me

Your presence forever will be exposure therapy



No "we", no "us"

Two halves un-whole

I'm your sisyphus

You laugh every roll



And you will suffer

And you will drown

You are the victor? How heavy's the crown?



You... once so close to me

This once-so-sacred place is now a murder scene

Your name? Just a soliloquy, dead to me

Your presence will forever be dead to me