Vanity

Waking up to another day of self-contempt

Staring into this deep mirror

I seem to have lost myself

I've disdained this image for so long

I can't bear this cross no more

Trying to break free

From this reflection staring back at me

I close my eyes and wish

That the pain it causes just would vanish

My youth in oppression from this cynical culture

Fooled and broken down to slave on my knees

Before this sickness

Give me strength to deny submission

Trying to break free

From this reflection staring back at me

I close my eyes and wish

That the pain it causes just would vanish

Death to vanity look what it made me

Broke my identity to sell me a new