Sifting through the ashes
  With unsteady hands
  Searching for the remnants
  Of a broken man
  
  A history of hollow lives
  And low ideals
  A backlog of wrongdoing
  We never conceal
  
  I rise to my feet
  And walk away from the dross
  Towards the doorway
  Of our mutual and harrowing loss
  
  The only way I know
  To shake myself of this curse
  Is to bring myself to something
  That is measurably worse
  
  I sought refuge in a house on fire
  I took shelter in a wall of flame
  I built a prison in my own subconscious
  There's nothing else left
  Nothing else left to blame
  
  Emerging from the wreckage
  Of a life that once was
  Confounded by the damage
  My own psyche does
  
  I bear the scars
  Of an insufferable will
  And the tyrannical reign
  it threatens to instill
  
  Some seek control
  By grabbing hold of their lives
  In a futile attempt
  To help themselves survive
  
  I dig myself
  Into a much deeper hole
  Running from a fate
  That I can never control
  
  I sought refuge in a house on fire
  I took shelter in a wall of flame
  I built a prison in my own subconscious
  There's nothing else left
  Nothing else left to blame
  
  I woke up
  In a column of ash
  While the world came down
  In a horrible crash
  
  I was naive
  For ever wanting this much
  Using self-deception
  As my only crutch
  
  Footsteps diverge
  From the path they once walked
  Words are eclipsed
  By the language they talked
  
  Actions betrayed
  By promises broken
  Flames consume intentions
  Best left unspoken
  
  I sought refuge in a house on fire
  I took shelter in a wall of flame
  I built a prison in my own subconscious
  There's nothing else left
  Nothing else left to blame