City of the Snares

Follow me to solace and safety
 Over the tar-blackened river and past the gleaming yellow eyes
 I hope I'm right this time
 I can't lose any more of you tonight
 They're trusting me to lead them
 But they don't know
 I'm just running from my fear
 Are they catching on yet
 Let's change our course
 I'm putting all that I've got into my last resort
 Can I count on you to make it work
 Peril and risk prowling around every corner
 Sudden death rushing at us from behind the clouds
 Danger and threat stalking weary stragglers
 Keeping us on the very tips of our toenails
 The enemy has been on our scent for days
 Only miles away from revenge they crave
 There has got to be a way
 To cover our tracks
 Or what happens when we stop running
 I can't be too panicked to protect
 Tell me, when we opened your eyes
 Did we kill you or save your life
 I thought we'd never break away
 From the city of the snares
 Always fighting to forget
 Choking out their memories
 I was almost intimidated by their sleek exteriors
 But the truth's they were baited with the best
 They claimed they had no choices left
 What value does gilded useless armor have
 When you finally need to fight
 Stop with this show
 And repeat the pathetic blind surrender
 We may be outnumbered
 We're not oblivious
 We are not cowards
 Like every one of them
 So why am I still plagued
 With apprehension
 Hopelessness
 Guilt and shame
 In spite of myself
 I wonder regretfully
 When we opened your eyes
 Did we save your life
 How the hell did any of us survive
 Peril and risk dominating the night
 Sudden death rushing at us from behind the clouds
 Danger and threat stalking weary stragglers
 Keeping us on the very tips of our toenails
 When the casualties outweigh survivors
 Is that when I'll know I've been defeated
 While the passive deny, we act on acceptance
 Did we save you or did we kill you
 The dread and turmoil now behind us
 An uncertain leader
 We're just fortunate
 To have gotten through it all
 We're chasing utopia at the top of the world
 I can see it now—home
 We're almost there