Before me three paths lay
Four options, yet again I delay
So elusive, I realize, I've become
Into this darkness I must succumb

And yet another day passes me by
Despairing over this lie I call a life
Why is it so difficult to break this array
It seems that once I do I'll be just one big cliché

Oh yes I know how desperately I must change
And yes, I do realize that there is no other way
The coward that I am, I can not make a move
Unable to hope I might actually pull it through

The values that I built myself
Now close the gates behind me
Longingly, I watch the process
How could I ever let myself leave

I seem to ultimately have driven myself into a dead end
Maybe I just never should have cut off the pretense...

Pick your poison:
Fail
Give up
Or stand your ground and fight

Out of the options I've allowed myself I have chosen to fail
I simply can not bear the thought of killing you in vain
In my head I think over and over about the things I must not say
But I'm becoming aware that they'll be forcing me to break