Once Was Me

Raptured in a dream Floating on nothing I kept chasing a reason To carry me ahead A fragile strength To pull me back from the dead The joy that briefly blinds me The pain that quietly heals To be lost Is the only thing that feels real A silence big enough to drown me whole A shadow willing to fill the role A longing that never learned how to leave A truth that only knows how to deceive To disappear Beneath the sea To leave no trace Of what was me To become the silence That once was me The road is done The night outlives the sun No answer was ever owed No burden was ever sold The dream returns to dust The heart gives up its trust To be nothing At last set free To become the silence That once was me That once was me (once was me)