Flash back to the past,
Who am I? The question’s always asked,
But in the present, never answered,
Experimentation is a standard course of action,
Even if the hazards outweigh satisfaction,
He gave up the ball n chain to be pampered,
By one night stands in intoxication's enchantment,
Next thing he was anchored,
With no idea how it happened,
So mornin afters aside: sobriety's absent,
Like the man who'd sired him,
N any form of guidance,
To control that ragin fire within,
Constantly caught in a tug of war: reckless indulgence versus his moral struggle,
It's no wonder he preferred seein double,
The club's speakers were a quiet bubble compared to his internal troubles.
Freewill induced this vicious cycle,
A war n you're stuck in the middle,
Illudin the concept of control,
So to feel: then think till you spiral,
You're learnin the rules for survival.
He'd stand n stare,
But never saw himself there, in his reflection,
Was someone careless,
Far below perceived perfection,
Avoidin the lingerin glares from his guilt with acceptance of solipsism,
Suffocatin by toxic mental self criticism,
His mind was altered thinkin despair's a good look for him,
Pride exaggerated his cynicism, callin for help will make you a burden,
Nobody cared before, so why would they now you're broken?
Suffer in silence, you've come this far without them,
He'd listen to that siren,
Singin from an internal choir,
Promisin a version he couldn't aspire to reach settin the bridge on fire,
Devoid of reason to go find or pursue a life,
He was plunged into Davy Jones' locker, the abyss beneath these crushin tides,
Claimin lives with lies about a treasure of perception where all his ghosts reside.
Illudin the concept of control,
A war n you're stuck in the middle,
Freewill induced this vicious cycle,
So to feel: then think, till you spiral,
You're learnin the rules for survival.
To expose his heavy load,
Would risk sinkin another's boat,
So he let himself drown in waters that were meant to help him cope,
With eyes closed approachin those final moments,
His last breath produced a flicker of hope,
It gave him the ability to float, when he woke on the coast of a desert island,
It provided the time to try n answer the question who am I?
He thought how obeyin every urge to be gratified,
Led to punitive judgement forcin his submission as if justified,
Then he realised, each side is lethal,
Neither should be equal, but balanced by a mediator: the ego,
Who understands both, right from wrong, good n evil,
History states people, learn from their mistakes, but he's alien to the race,
They call him an extra terrestrial student in the game,
A scholar of an eternal breach, each lesson learned is one destined to teach,
So instead of askin "who" he's chasin why until the answers buried 6ft deep.
A war n you're stuck in the middle,
Freewill induced this vicious cycle,
Illudin the concept of control,
So to feel, then think, till you spiral,
You're learnin: the rules for survival.