Existential Survival

Ignorance hurts more than a sharp tongue
Suggesting self-worth score
Zero reasons to pursue
Am I molesting you with my heart on the sleeve?
Is it just a noise you cover your ears to?

I better die trying
Quitting is ultimate failure
Blood coagulates
Pain will numb
I will make it through

Burning out slowly
Sanity is at the stake
What do you do when odds are against you?

Pain reaches limit
Nothing can hurt you
Fear reaches point
You’re no longer scared

All your hate that was meant to stop me
Has turned to determination
To prove you all wrong

What the fuck am I doing?
I’m killing what keeps me alive
Even if the world turns away
I will make it through

I’m fighting a battle
With no one else but myself
No winners here
I have to let myself be

You know
The best lessons in life are the toughest ones
People letting you down instill the faith in you
It’s not like the outwardly shallow praise
It will fade eventually
It’s the long lasting inner confidence you develop
When all the world seems against you
Let the words that once used to stop you
Now drive you

Don’t get away from your pain
Turn that poison to fuel
By wanting me to fail
You’ve helped me succeed

I better die trying
Quitting is ultimate failure
Blood coagulates
Pain will numb
I will make it through

© MĀRA 2018

published on “Therapy For An Empath” EP