The Silent Epidemic Lyrics

Taking part, serving the eye
Scrambling to uphold a hollow mask
Self-sacrificed, with a burning hunger
You are nothing to them

Cursed walks of life, cast to the sidelines
Residual abandon
Never knowing where the disease ends
And the person begins

Slam the doors on the brittle and pale
Forging pathways through blood and shame

Shield your existence, for so you've been told
Scream and shiver in echoing halls
Condemned to silence for the smallest of scraps
Yet they don't give an inch of their world

A sickness lingering beneath, you'll never know their riches
Only in pretense will arms be open, silent epidemic

Suffer for their ways

You've been told, you've been deemed
Labeled and packaged for their ease
Your search for balance, purpose and control
Life-long endeavors remain untold

Leaving no mark from your lifeless world
Seamless observers from window panes
Had all the stories of the world to tell
But no-one to listen, from the outside looking in