Year Of The Snake

This is the cycle I've severed
Another twelve years is too long

Obsession, confusion. The cancer of delusion. Your benign, fragile mind needs an infusion
If time's a flat circle
An endless slow decay
The Ouroboros will bind you
'til you waste away
Disoriented by an everchanging game
Over the years, I've learned one truth

There's no "winning the race" when they're changing the rules
It won't make sense in the end, unless you force it to

How can we change the prophecy?

My heart is in this forever
But forever never comes
This is the cycle I'll sever
Another twelve years is too long

I can't live off of hatred and vengeance alone
My heart's too numb, my blood's too cold
If you never learn to shed your skin
You'll never know what might have been
If you don't bend then you'll break
Make your own fate in the year of the snake

You won't let me die, you won't let me live
If you speak one more time, you'll get what you give

You cut off our legs, baiting the violence
Your words show your weakness
Now suffer in silence. SUFFER IN SILENCE

You drained the power from me
But I feel my strength return
I'm cunning I'm clever
And now you're gonna learn
I send these words with conviction
Parcel sealed with my tongue
Don't blink I'll go the distance
The mistral feeds my lungs

My heart is in this forever
But forever never comes
This is the cycle I'll sever
Another twelve years is too long

I can't live off of hatred and vengeance alone
My heart's too numb, my blood's too cold
If you never learn to shed your skin
You'll never know what might have been
If you don't bend then you'll break
Make your own fate in the year of the snake. Now suffer in silence, we're in the year of the snake