This Is The Last

My throat falls numb from the
 Endless execution of contempt's song
 It fails to follow suit in silence even now
 I can hear every word, leave this place
 If only you could just be half as hateful
 If only I could still take you with a grain of salt
 I could fake some respect and hide the pity
 For what I once feared is now somehow down on my level
 I never claimed to see through another's eyes
 I could never inflict such abuse upon myself honestly
 Honest in a sense that I'm willing
 But such intensity is dulled with age
 Leaving me some spoiled child
 I'll take it in stride, with every cheep shot landed
 I took it without crying, now shut the fuck up
 I've always sang the cowards song
 I've never claimed to be, anything but
 Like father like son, we'll find an easy way
 I'll fly so high to no longer hear the hisses
 Of hatred ringing in my head
 Selfishly sober in spite of you
 I'll never be the man to which you compare me
 Selfishly sober in spite of them
 You boast, I'm dead to you and I in turn agree
 I turned a deaf ear on you, I knew the rest
 Sob stories were never my strong suit
 Now just as threatening as I'll let you be
 I keep a short rope and a shorter fuse
 For the one who love's who?
 I won't leave this place
 So boast I'm dead to you with dying breath
 I can't hear a thing, I never could
 Fuck your apologies
 I've tolerated your last death threat
 I don't condone the likes of anyone so keep your word
 And consider me dead to you