Apathy // Aggression - Vices

I’ve been told that I was born angry

So it should come as no surprise that I’m still pissed

But lately something inside me is breaking

I haven’t been sleeping much

And man it gets quiet at night

For so long I fought off my empathy

No more patience

I’m running on empty

I can’t see a single shred of integrity

I’m losing my empathy

I don’t know how to just feel nothing

How to watch the world and just turn my back

Pretend that things are how they’re meant to be

Trust that the powers in charge have our best interests in their hearts

When time and time again

We aren’t even honest men

Am I to believe that when true power is within someone’s grasp

That their integrity is built to last?

Is anyone’s?

(Is anyone?)

Because the more I see

It’s clear to me

That the power needs to be distributed evenly

Even the best men can fall from grace

I feel something changing inside of me

The more time I spend on this earth

And maybe it’s the only possible trajectory

I’m losing my empathy

The fire that once burnt on overwhelming compassion

Is mixed with the flames of pure fucking aggression