Against the Current

To defy or tranquilize
Pretense to assimilate
Normalized till accepted
Caution falls to attrition

Keep my head, above the surface
Holding on, against the current

Raise the glass to crown the heights, to accelerate
Inhale the easy answer, the burning embers wait
Traverse the gateway, in a haze of smoke
Hits to pills until, no other way to, cope

Rendered lifeless

Keep my head, above the surface
Holding on, against the current

Rivers of toxins, dragged under and down
Caught in a torrent until they disappear
Warnings fall on deaf ears, fractured lives slowly break
Wounds and scars last for life, ruins left in their wake

Repulsed by all that I see

Waves break over me

Everlasting loyalty, straight edge in contrast
To the conscious corpses that drift lifeless past

Keep my head, above the surface
Straight edge, against the current
Keep my head, above the surface
Straight edge, against the current