Street Life

Life

The time has come and gone

When man is true and good

We live our lives without a care in the world

Looking down on everything beneath our soggy shoes

The handouts we receive don't last long

For we take, and take, until everything is gone

We rot in the shallow graves we made for ourselves

Where only the worms can befriend us

We're flawed, but we blame everyone but the ones we see in the mirror

Because the world created us, made us what we are

And the cruel god they worship brought them to make us

The children of the night, of the dark, of the streets

The city is gloomy like the water in our cups, but we know the way

We've changed, and adapted to our new habitat

In those alleys, we find peace between the garbage bins

Like some unfound diamond treasure, we devour the unknown space in time

There is no return from this place where we reside

The devil has us now, and our only home is in his deadly grasp

We're safe for now, with the dirt shrouding us entirely

But not safe from ourselves, or the needs we have

The needs that seep their way into our airless veins

And eat your soul away from the inside out

Like maggots emerging from a desolate corpse

But tonight, in the alley... we find peace

Even if its only for one night

We're safe