Barrier - Sublingual

--------------------------------------------- Fragile shell It’s my responsibility To find, to rectify The smudge on the lens Distortion projected out of quiet lies Last vestige of a moment yet unloved Shy affliction Ancient pain Once cornerstone of protection Now you scurry from the light Would you show us What you’ve become? Would you show yourself, Shadow Walker? Shatter all this This ornately wrapped delusion This fool’s gold Bound in fear Obsolete There’s a greater wolf to feed Piercing shame, clear as day I speak your name I choose to live To face myself again And again Fall away All The symptoms justified Attend the root Look me in the Eye Through the clever fraud of time Grasp this callused root And pull Throes of letting go Only to realize that I decide Look me in the Eye What am I defending? Grasp this callused root And pull